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What is an abstract strategy game?  In this article Mark Thompson waxes lyrical about abstract strategy games.

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There are online games (and puzzles) but the experience of playing these as computer games is not as good as playing physical games face to face with another player.

The Original Games were invented by Oak Games. This includes the D.I.Y. games.

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The glass pieces can look very nice, for example the red piece in Rimau. But this is a matter of lighting and perspective. Take a look at that Konane piece at the upper left of the board. That is what they often look like.

A new version of Cork is being worked on. It will look about the same as the last version, but with a hardboard base.

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The online games have been greatly improved. The online games were meant to be played against the computer using your browser without logging in. There are many other computer games that don't meet these criteria. You can telecharger Dvonn from a French site, you can play Arimaa against other players at that game's site, or you could get a Jungle Chess app for your iphone. But face to face is still the best way to experience these games.

There's some movement on the abacus page as well.
 
 

There should be some new photos, if only to straighten out this Picaria ambiguity. Fanorona and Dablot Prejjesne are both overdue for new photographs. The dark pieces are now more uniformly dark.