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Tue Jun 13 12:19:47 PDT 2006

Dragons play Starcraft?

On 6/13/06, Joshua Kronengold <mneme at io.com> wrote:
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> Felix Eisen writes:
> >Dragons would play Risk.  Or chess, but everyone would play chess.  I
> >think Risk, as a 'fun-n-games' board game (as compared to the 'deep
> >thought' game that chess and go are), would be the Dragon's meat...
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> Those who underestimate the dragons generally do not get ahead. (or
> rather, are not unlikely to lose theirs).  Dragons would play chess,
> or go, and excell at them, or play more realistic deep tactical
> simulations.
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> >  Vallista would play 'Mousetrap'.  :>
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> Core wars (well, if it were available).  Or robot wars, or even
> ccgs--the "build a better foo" and have it battle soemone else's foo
> would probably appeal.
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