CategoryGatherRules
These are the rule pages in the GamesToTheRescueBook. ---- <list CategoryGatherRules> ---- Manual . . . ExtinctionChessRules # FischerRandomChessRules # FocusRules # GhostRules # GiveawayChessRules # GrasshopperChessRules . . .
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EmergencyGameKit
= Emergency Game Kits = I first read about Emergency Game Kits in an [http://www.defectiveyeti.com/articles/emergency_gaming_kit.html . . . the checkers from the 1961 Whitman edition of ["Focus"], enough to play a 2, 3, or 4-player game of . . . Focus on one of the chessboard bandanas (or ["Lines . . .
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Focus
= Focus = http://www.ludism.org/scpix/20000415/20000415g.jpg Focus is a game by the great game designer . . . The goal is to control every stack on the board. Focus plays brilliantly. It won the German Spiele des . . . it is an AbstractStrategyGame, and a two-player Focus set can be improvised from two Checkers sets, . . . BoardgameGeek page for Focus] ---- CategoryGamePage . . .
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FocusRules
Focus is a checkers variant invented in 1963 by Sid Sackson. **Number of players:** 2 **Equipment:** . . . ignored. {{http://wat.midco.net/jvipond/images/Focus1.png|Initial state of Focus}} A **stack** comprises . . . Game== {{http://wat.midco.net/jvipond/images/Focus2.png|Sample game state}} It is Black’s move. . . . on f2. Source: http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/focus.htm . . .
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GamesToTheRescue
= Games to the Rescue = Games to the Rescue is a philanthropic project of the [http://www.ludism.org/ . . . book contains rules for classic games, such as ["Focus"] (Spiel des Jahres 1981) and ["Lines of Action"] . . . games and books about games have provided a safe focus that helped me "put the pieces back together". . . . That's why we're doing this. == Our New Focus == In our initial discussions, outlined above, . . . example, "Do you like ["Checkers"]? Then try ["Focus"]!" or "Here are the four best [or easiest to . . .
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GamesToTheRescueBook
= The Games to the Rescue Book = This page is a collaborative work environment for people working on . . . below, including the name of the game (e.g. Focus), author's name where relevant, a brief description, . . . be in the form NonexistentExampleRules, e.g. FocusRules). Please sign your suggestion so we know . . . Write/edit the FischerRandomChessRules. === Focus === '''Author:''' Sid Sackson. '''Type:''' Boardgame, . . . Also known as Domination. See our ["Focus"] page for details. Build up stacks of pieces. . . .
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GamutOfGamesEquipment
= Equipment Needed for Sid Sackson's Book A GAMUT OF GAMES = 28 of the 38 games in ''A Gamut of Games'' . . . with paint or nail polish for the games ["Focus"] and ["Property"], while the other board can . . . store or scavenged in thrift stores. 1. '''Focus:''' Four-player Focus (as opposed to the regular . . .
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IslandOfMisfitGames
= The Island of Misfit Games = Starting 29 May 2010, on the Saturdays that Seattle Cosmic Game Night . . . * Focus, http://www.webnoir.com/bob/sid/domination.htm . . .
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James 20Moore
= James Moore = Newcomer to games night around here. I had a good time the first night I showed up, . . . to get in more PR games. My own URL: [http://www.focusedrealestate.com] --["James Moore"] . . .
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LanguageBuddies
= Language Buddies! = This page is for people in Seattle Cosmic who want to help one another learn foreign . . . what aspects of the language(s) you want to focus on, and what language skills you already have . . . French, some Spanish, Welsh, Gaelic '''Learning focus:''' Conversational skills, but also reading. . . . (I'm fond of learning languages). '''Learning focus:''' Speaking, writing, reading knowledge of Japanese. . . . '''Want to learn:''' German. '''Learning focus:''' (1) Game rules and game components. (2) German . . .
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Ludoviel
'''THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN FLUX. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN FLESHED OUT IN ITS ENTIRETY BY ITS ORIGINATOR. PLEASE . . . = Ludoviel = Ludoviel is a GameSystem that focuses on trivia about games. The distinctive black . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20021228
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 28 December 2002 = == The Last Game Night of the Last Palindromic . . . very little, depending on who won the battles / focused on the conquest aspect. If you lose the battles . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030111
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 11 January 2003 = == Loki Makes Another Appearance == Yet another . . . which had supplanted Sid Sackson's game ["Focus"]. Not that John doesn't still enjoy the other . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030208
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 8 February 2003 = == More Fun Than Usual! == Seattle Cosmic convened . . . quietly. John said I was playing with "Marty focus" -- playing well and then getting distracted. . . . track, you were a major menace. However, I focused on the scoring track in the notes I took at . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030215
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 15 February 2003 = == Make Love, Not War! == Seattle Cosmic met . . . thing I noted was that several players weren't focusing on getting some good production going early, . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030222
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 22 February 2003 = == Risk is Taken, but Eru Smiles on the Good . . . Instead of trying to inch his points up, he focused on cards that gave him the necessary stones . . . playing a Replenish combo deck). If I had merely focused on preventing him from doing his combo, I would . . . and I were very evenly matched: He had a trace-focused deck. I had Open-Ended Mileage Program and . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030308
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 8 March 2003 = == Twilight All Day == Seattle Cosmic met again . . . advised me on the way over that Dave tended to focus primarily on the military aspects of the game. . . . By this point in the game, I had narrowed my focus to just goal #1, although because Dave was focusing . . . they don't really have any advantage they can focus on." Nyeah. Paul Unwin says "Poor Sol got raped" . . . a few N'orr ships off the Hacan frontier. The focus of the picture is Hacan's response to this threat. . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030315
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 15 March 2003 = == There IS Such a Thing as a Tesseract! == Seattle . . . of resource cards I was gaining each turn, as I focused on building multiple markets and filling my . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030329
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 29 March 2003 = == Taco Dirty to Me == Seattle Cosmic met again . . . ;) --["Alex Rockwell"] My strategy was to focus on making the best quality movies I could, rather . . . but I forgot my pad of paper at home, while focusing on remembering to bring my Prototype and all . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030405
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 5 April 2003 = == Goodbye to West Seattle == Seattle Cosmic met . . . like I wasnt going to be able to do that, so I focused on winning another character for another blue . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030412
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 12 April 2003 = == Prizeless Jewels of Gaming == It keeps happening! . . . nothing, but was a waste of resources. I plan to focus my efforts on one of the three in the future, . . . little velcro circles are stacking games like ["Focus"]. In fact, there is even a Focus variant for . . . it called ["Out of Focus"]. That may be why (according to the Spielfriek . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030426
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 26 April 2003 = == Neither Spam Nor Troll My Domain, For I Am . . . being close in each one. I plan to be more focused in the future. Also, I played this game with . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030503
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 3 May 2003 = == HEL-LO Tukwila! == Seattle Cosmic Game Night . . . (Low score is good in Fresh Fish, of course). I focused heavily on placing buildings in such a way . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030524
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 24 May 2003 = == Mystery Upon Mystery == Seattle Cosmic met again . . . ["Barbarossa"]. He said it was the "most score-focused" game of Barbarossa he had ever played. Steve . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030607
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 7 June 2003 = == Better Living Through Parallel Processing == . . . minutes, including explanation. None of us were focusing very hard on it, we were primarily waiting . . . still worked out in my favor, because I had been focusing on rows of fives and sixes, which were plentiful, . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030823
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 23 August 2003 = == A Cute Little Game Night == Welcome to the . . . Whether or not the scoring is tweakable, the focus of this game is clearly to laugh about the headlines . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20030830
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 30 August 2003 = == That First Aroma of Tacoma == Seattle Cosmic . . . I got the black pearly early enough that I could focus on gold and not gems for the rest of the game. . . . scepter competition, so I abandoned the deal and focused on Amulet points again. Of course, like I said . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20040103
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 03 January 2004 = == TITLE == Attending tonight in vague order . . . line opening is the result all players being focused around following the dominant strategy of Puerto . . . Rico, which requires focusing on money and income early in the game. --["Alex . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20040207
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 7 February 2004 = == Michelle and Steve Observe Birthdays; Seattle . . . for ways to earn money sinceI was totally focussed on shipping to the exclusion of all else. . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20040221
'''CAREFUL! IF YOU ARE TOLD THIS PAGE IS LOCKED, DO NOT TRY TO EDIT IT. IF YOU ARE EDITING IT AND WOULD . . . through the addition of stables), I was able to focus on blocking other cities from getting much larger . . .
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SeattleCosmicGameNight20040717
= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 17 July 2004 = == One Hot Night in Kenmore == Who came?[[BR]] . . . to understand this game. The two key aspects to focus on seem to be turn order and plant capacity. . . .
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