Abstract Board Games
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Abstract Board Games
Play abstract strategy board games online with friends or against bots
abstractboardgames.com#abstract strategy games#online board games#hex game#play against bot
How HN took it
5 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Guest play without account is appreciated
From 1 comment
I'm personally a big fan of asymmetrical games. A game I've wanted to play but have never had the board to play it on is Unlur [0]. Arimaa [1] is another one with some history…
ixwt on HN
Bots are fun and review after games is useful
From 1 comment
What do I think? It's amazing! Got crushed by a 300 bot in Hex, then beat a 100 bot, then again lost against 200. It's great how one can see the review immediately afterwards!…
tasuki on HN
Objections
Site was down for at least one user
From 1 comment
Is your site down? I'm unable to load it now.
robobro on HN
Requests
Add single device two-player mode
From 2 comments
nice website, Thanks for sharing. I like board games, so I'll definitely try some (or all) of them. > I'm always looking for new games or new features to add Nice feature to add…
nenadalm on HNHow about 2 players playing on the same device, i.e. offline play? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dnane might be a fit.
pred_ on HN
Add more games such as TwixT, Quoridor, Abalone, Gipf
From 4 comments
What do I think? It's amazing! Got crushed by a 300 bot in Hex, then beat a 100 bot, then again lost against 200. It's great how one can see the review immediately afterwards!…
tasuki on HNhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone_%28board_game%29 would be cool
7373737373 on HNReminds me of boardspace, though the UI is much cleaner. You should try to add the Gipf games at some point, they are very wonderful!
robobro on HNCheck out Quoridor
cgreerrun on HN
Larger board sizes
From 1 comment
What do I think? It's amazing! Got crushed by a 300 bot in Hex, then beat a 100 bot, then again lost against 200. It's great how one can see the review immediately afterwards!…
tasuki on HN
Release source code
From 1 comment
What do I think? It's amazing! Got crushed by a 300 bot in Hex, then beat a 100 bot, then again lost against 200. It's great how one can see the review immediately afterwards!…
tasuki on HN
Questions
Whether bot networks are size dependent
From 1 comment
What do I think? It's amazing! Got crushed by a 300 bot in Hex, then beat a 100 bot, then again lost against 200. It's great how one can see the review immediately afterwards!…
tasuki on HN
Alternatives named
Hive
From 2 comments
Hive is my favourite for anyone looking for another abstract strategy boardgame. It has been very fun and feels very deep.
mylesp on HNA fun and fairly popular one is Hive. It is a physical game akin to chess but has an active community online on https://hivegame.com/
mylesp on HN
Play Abstract (play.abstractplay.com)
From 2 comments
The facebook group "abstract nation" has made having a facebook account worth all the bad stuff associated with facebook. Its lead me to find a ton of great abstracts. It also…
mrichey-9988 on HNIt's only correspondence play, but this site has 209 games at the moment and a reasonably active player base https://play.abstractplay.com/games Most games are quite modern,…
bondarchuk on HN
Board Game Arena
From 1 comment
I think "have players online at any given time" is the tough part there, but it's also the tough part for many non-abstract games. If you look around on Board Game Arena you can…
BrenBarn on HN
Zillions of Games
From 1 comment
This reminds me of the game engine "Zillions of Games" from the '90s. It was a basic system for describing abstract strategy games and then an AI that could play them with you.…
kej on HN