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From: Leroy Quet on 3 May 2010 14:10
Here is a game for any number of players. (I wonder, though, if having
an even number of players gives an advantage to some player(s).)

Needed: A deck of n flash cards labeled 1, 2, 3, ..., n, one number
per card, where n is a multiple of the number of players.

The cards are placed face-up in order in a row between the players.

Players take turns, switching one pair of cards each move.
On the m-th move of the game, a player switches the positions the card
labeled with the number m and any other card.

The player moving gets a point if both:

One of these cards he/she switched (either card; let k be the number
on this card) is adjacent to a card with a number coprime to k, if the
card is now at the end of the row of cards, or card k is now between
two cards both with numbers coprime to k;
(In other words, card k is NOT non-coprime to any card it is now
adjacent to.)

AND

The other card switched (with the number j on it) is non-coprime to
exactly one number it is now adjacent to. (Either the other number
that card-j is adjacent to is coprime to j, if card j is not at the
end of the row, or card j is at the end of the row.)

After n total moves, the player with the most points wins.


Clarification: m equals either k or j, not both.
Each move results in a permutation of the numbers 1 through n.

I suggest that n be large enough to make this game relatively
interesting, of course.


Thanks,
Leroy Quet

From: Rob H. on 5 May 2010 10:45
I've seen that you've posted a lot of games over the years, I'm not much of
a gamer so I haven't tried very many of them, but I was wondering, out of
all these games, which ones you've gotten the best response from people who
have played them or which ones you have played the most with your friends,
or which you think are the most fun or interesting to play.



Rob

From: QQ on 5 May 2010 14:42
To be honest, I hardly ever get feedback from others on my games.

And I myself can't play favorites with my games. They are like my
children. So I like them all equally.

Thanks,
Leroy Quet


Rob H. wrote:
> I've seen that you've posted a lot of games over the years, I'm not much of
> a gamer so I haven't tried very many of them, but I was wondering, out of
> all these games, which ones you've gotten the best response from people who
> have played them or which ones you have played the most with your friends,
> or which you think are the most fun or interesting to play.
>
>
>
> Rob
From: Mensanator on 5 May 2010 18:34
On May 5, 1:42 pm, QQ <qqq...(a)mindspring.com> wrote:
> To be honest, I hardly ever get feedback from others on my games.

Hmm, I got 79 hits when I searched for "quet"+"mensanator".

Do you ignore negative feedback?

>
> And I myself can't play favorites with my games. They are like my
> children. So I like them all equally.

Even the stupid ones?

>
> Thanks,
> Leroy Quet

Got a new handle?

Here's some feedback - it's impolite to top post.
From: Leroy Quet on 6 May 2010 10:59
I always ignore you, Mensanator.

Keep up the good work.

Leroy


Mensanator wrote:
> On May 5, 1:42 pm, QQ <qqq...(a)mindspring.com> wrote:
> > To be honest, I hardly ever get feedback from others on my games.
>
> Hmm, I got 79 hits when I searched for "quet"+"mensanator".
>
> Do you ignore negative feedback?
>
> >
> > And I myself can't play favorites with my games. They are like my
> > children. So I like them all equally.
>
> Even the stupid ones?
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Leroy Quet
>
> Got a new handle?
>
> Here's some feedback - it's impolite to top post.
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