Another game called X-it
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From: Leroy Quet on 12 Jul 2010 08:14 (I apologize if the name "X-it" is already the name of a game somewhere, which it must be. But a search for 'X-it game' on Google didn't bring anything up in the first couple pages of results.) This is a game for any plural number of players. Start with a grid of n-by-n squares ((n+1)-by-(n+1) lines) drawn on paper, where n is even, and where I suggest that n is >= 12. At the beginning of the game, a small x is drawn at the intersection of the middle horizontal line and middle vertical line. Players take turns moving. On the k-th move (the kth move considering all the players' moves together) the player "traverses" j(k) = (k-1)(mod(n-1))+2 intersections from where the last player last put an x. (So, for k = 1,2,3,4,...,n-1,n,n+1,n+2..., the number of intersections traversed is 2,3,4,5,...,n,2,3,4,..., repeating 2 through n.) (On the first move, the first player traverses 2 positions from the central x.) The player can "traverse" j(k) intersections in the direction of either right, left, up, or down, and then may change direction at any time at most once, and traverse perpendicularly to their initial direction for the remainder of the j(k) intersections traversed. The player then places an x at the intersection they land upon. It is only acceptable for players to land upon (at the j(k)th intersection traversed) an intersection without an x already drawn upon it. Players may, though, traverse over intersections with x's already on them, or not. After a player writes down an x, he/she gets a point (points are bad in this game) for every other x already written on the same vertical line and same horizontal line as their x. The game continues until any player cannot move anywhere (given j(k) and the lack of available intersections). The player with the SMALLEST score wins. Thanks, Leroy Quet
From: Leroy Quet on 12 Jul 2010 11:30 I realize now that the fact there was page after page of hits not giving a game named "X-it", when I did the Google search for 'X-it game', is that there was page after page of hits related to the X-box showing up first in the listings. So, somewhere deep in the search there definitely can be found another game called X-it, I bet. So, maybe my game should be called "Traverse" or something else, instead.
From: Frederick Williams on 12 Jul 2010 15:34 Leroy Quet wrote: > > I realize now that the fact there was page after page of hits not > giving a game named "X-it", when I did the Google search for 'X-it > game', is that there was page after page of hits related to the X-box > showing up first in the listings. So, somewhere deep in the search > there definitely can be found another game called X-it, I bet. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/678/x-it > So, > maybe my game should be called "Traverse" or something else, instead. -- I can't go on, I'll go on.
From: Leroy Quet on 13 Jul 2010 06:50 Frederick Williams wrote: > Leroy Quet wrote: > > > > I realize now that the fact there was page after page of hits not > > giving a game named "X-it", when I did the Google search for 'X-it > > game', is that there was page after page of hits related to the X-box > > showing up first in the listings. So, somewhere deep in the search > > there definitely can be found another game called X-it, I bet. > > http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/678/x-it > > > So, > > maybe my game should be called "Traverse" or something else, instead. > > Okay, the game is officially called "Traverse" as of now. But of course, Traverse may be taken.... Thanks, Leroy Quet
From: Tim Little on 13 Jul 2010 07:14
On 2010-07-13, Leroy Quet <qqquet(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > Okay, the game is officially called "Traverse" as of now. But of > course, Traverse may be taken.... Yes, for example http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3313/traverse as well as http://www.onlineflashgames.org/games/puzzle/traverse.htm - Tim |