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The games I am looking for now are abstract strategy games.  Not cards or
dominoes, but games with boards and pieces.  Like what you find on here,
SuperDuperGames, Little Golem, and Richard's PBEM server.  

The problem with a dedicated GUI is that every game of a different type is going to require its own GUI.  This would be like taking Zillions and breaking it up into a different program for each and every game you play.  The idea is to have a Zillions type program which would enable people to play one another over the Internet, or with AI plug-ins.  It would enable a program like Axiom, for example, to be able to have an interface to play it.

I will say that, while I am not looking at abstract strategy games now, I do believe if we can come up with a system for recording and transferring game state data between environments/programs that can be extended to include cards, dominoes, and anything else that is a tabletop game, we will have done the world a big favor.  Note, the standards don't need to be fully used by the CV community, but can be used by others.