Dear Readers,
Here's Othello! Or reversi or as it's known here, renegade. It probably has a whole bunch of other names. Also, the other names may have slightly different rules?
Anyway, I've played many computer versions of this and when I played the one session of this one... I lost. Ah well, no worries!
Dear Readers,
The famous backgammon! I never heard of anyone in real life play it but from the sounds of it here it seems to be very common and very famous. This is my very first time playing it and it seems to be very strange and unfamiliar, going into different sections and doing a big U-turn to reach the goal. I absolutely needed the aid feature to show me where I was able to move. I won the game which was nice but I still feel very much like a beginner. I notice many more features and rules in the game too that I haven't even tried yet.
Dear Readers,
Here's a game that always seemed too exotic and complicated for me to play, but in this video game form it's very helpful to learn. It's kinda weird how there are more than 2 players on the board but it's fun. It's also quite fun to do so much leapfrogging. I played just the one session and I won! On the easiest setting of course!
Dear Readers,
I thought this was Othello at first, but no you have to make five in a row with your colours. I played one short game of it so far and I won, so that was good. Might be a good one to try on higher difficulty. It's easy to mix up with Othello because they look very similar to begin with.
Dear Readers,
Here's a nice simple short game with figurines. I played a few times - as hounds and then as hare. The hare has chess queen-like movement ability so it's tricky to win against, whereas the hounds are a bit more like pawns I suppose. I won with both and it has a different feeling. I feel clever for winning as the hounds, but I feel like I've won against the big lads when I win as the hare.
Dear Readers,
Another game where the strategy hit me pretty quickly and I lost just as quickly. I wasn't paying much attention in the start to the opponent's path making and suddenly they were blocking me and making their own path to win. I played once and might play again if I feel like it.
