From: Jeff Mallett CRUZIO COM> Date: 24 oct 1995 Subject: Re: Variants >I am not sure whether I played maka-dai-dai or just dai-dai. I have to >check with Peter Blommers. I do remember that we had lots of fun setting up >the pieces and checking the documentation for their moves. Playing the game >felt like being in wonderland. We were never sure we had any control over >the game (for a very good reason: we had no clue what was going on), but we >just enjoyed moving our armies around, engaging in battle, capturing >pieces, being amazed by the wide variety of pieces with very odd moves. >Suddenly sometimes pieces got taken by pieces that seemed too far away and >blocked by other pieces, which led to some very hilarious moments. > >Cheers, Pieter. It almost sounds more like those compaign war-games I played in highschool with their hexagonal boards and pewter miniatures than it does like a chess game! Jeff ----------------------------------------------------- Jeff Mallett jeffm cruzio com Strategy Labs, Inc. Voice: (408) 338-6324 Fax: (408) 338-6325 -----------------------------------------------------