The following was originally published as a multi-part article in Abstract Games Magazine<\/a> . You’ll find the original in issues\u00a0 6-9. At the time, the standard game required 3 white \/ 4 grey \/ 5 black \/ 2 of each to win. In later editions of the game, the standard became 4\/5\/6\/3 respectively.\u00a0 Nonetheless, most of the basic principles discussed remain relevant.<\/p>\n Zertz Strategy Guide<\/a><\/p>\n The following first appeared in the pages of Games, Games, Games magazine back in the 1990s, where I was the official abstract game reviewer for a while. These are the original files I submitted, so haven’t been proof read. Any\u00a0 \u00a0grammar, spelling, and other errors are preserved for posterity.<\/p>\n … or should I say Computer Game? Even after years of neglect, Zillions is still an amazing piece of software. You may also want to look at my own AI here<\/a><\/p>\n Zillions of Games review<\/a><\/p>\n Since I wrote these, Project GIPF has expanded to include DVONN, YINSH, PUNCT, TZAAR, and LYNGK; TAMSK, amazing as it is, is no longer part of the series; boo!<\/p>\n GIPF<\/a> Tavener’s Treasure Trove #1<\/a>\u00a0(Amoeba, Take the Brain, Trippples, Quirks) Amazons<\/a> Strategy Guides The following was originally published as a multi-part article in Abstract Games Magazine . You’ll find the original in issues\u00a0 6-9. At the time, the standard game required 3 white \/ 4 grey \/ 5 black \/ 2 of each to win. In later editions of the game, the standard became 4\/5\/6\/3 respectively.\u00a0 … Continue reading Game Review Archives<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Reviews<\/h2>\n
Computer Games<\/h3>\n
Project GIPF<\/h3>\n
\nZertz<\/a>
\nTamsk<\/a><\/p>\nTavener’s Treasure Trove<\/h3>\n
\nTavener’s Treasure Trove #2<\/a>\u00a0(Vector, 5ive Straight)
\nTavener’s Treasure Trove #3<\/a>\u00a0(Thunder Road, Snit’s Revenge, \u00a0Man-eater!, Kersplatt!)
\nTavener’s Treasure Trove #4<\/a>\u00a0(Runes, Code 777, Mastermind, Black Box, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective)
\nTavener’s Treasure Trove #5<\/a>\u00a0(Tales of the Arabian Nights, Castle of Magic, Chill: Black Morn Manor, Talisman, Spellmaker)
\nTavener’s Treasure Trove #6<\/a>\u00a0(Acquire, Bazaar, Can’t Stop, Focus, Kohle, Kies & Knete
\nTavener’s Treasure Trove #7<\/a>\u00a0(Situation 4, Lemming, Deep Space Navigator, Dark Cults)
\nTavener’s Treasure Trove #8<\/a>\u00a0(City of Chaos, Der Schlacht Der Dinosaurier, Full Metal Planete, Verzauberte Eulen\/The Enchanted Owl Game)<\/p>\nMiscellaneous Reviews<\/h3>\n
\nAvalam Bitaka<\/a>
\nBatik<\/a>
\nElchfest<\/a>
\nFibonacci<\/a>
\nFluxx<\/a>
\nGyges<\/a>
\nIcehouse<\/a>
\nLemma<\/a>
\nOcti<\/a>
\nOctiles<\/a>
\nPlateau<\/a>
\nThe Power of Two<\/a>
\nProteus<\/a>
\nQuads<\/a>
\nQuantum (The Quantum Game)<\/a>
\nQuorridor<\/a>
\nThe High Kings of Tara<\/a>
\nY (The Game of Y)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"