On Feb 12, 2008 8:49 AM, Rémi Coulom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am now a little interested in developing a program to play the game of
> Hex, and I started to search the web for some information. I found that
> for many games played in the Computer Olympiad, such as Hex or Amazons,
> there is no equivalent to the computer-go mailing list that would allow
> programmers to exchange ideas, organize tournaments, talk about
> protocols and standards, etc. So I decided to create the Game
> Programming Forum:
> http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/phpBB3/


I've never much cared for forums. Does this one have features that allow me
to use it like a mailing list (e.g. notifications of new messages, ability
to respond quickly and easily in response to e-mail notifications, etc...)

If possible, could you post the rules of the games as the first message in
each forum?  That'd at least help those of us who either don't know the game
or haven't played it in quite a while.

I too would be interested in other games.  I went out of my way to build in
support for my engine to play multiple games.  I unfortunately have only one
rules module (go), but that's easy enough to fix.

As far as communication protocols, I'd like to have something that is
gtp-like to keep life simple.



> If you would like to have a subforum created on a topic related to game
> programming, then don't hesitate to ask, and I'll add a new subforum. It
> is not my intention to be a competitor to established mailing lists and
> forums, so I would prefer topics that are no treated elsewhere.


Other games that come to mind:
  Chess (covered elsewhere, I assume)
  Checkers
  Abalone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone_(board_game)

I expect checkers and abalone to be very easy to attack with MC methods.
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