Ben Reiniger wrote on Tue, Jun 5, 2018 02:22 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
(The first couple of remarks below reference Fergus's old comment here.)
The errors are indeed quite troubling. Perhaps you can reach out to John Beasley; he has a list of errata/omissions included as "Toward ECV3" on his site.
As for brevity, I've found many of the game descriptions lacking; I suspect that was mostly to keep the overall length short. (I'll also note, though I don't think this applies to any of your games, that some games seem to be included light-heartedly, and incomplete descriptions of these do not bother me.)
Evidently, Beasley cut out some examples of play from the first edition, assuming the reader would already own the first edition (not true of me, nor I suspect of most readers who have access only to the freely shared version now on Beasley's website), which would be nicer to have.
But overall, I find the CECV to be an excellent resource. Pritchard (and occasionally Beasley) go into detail on games he (they) find particularly interesting, and list references for most of the games (though many of those have since become difficult to obtain). Many games appear in both CVP and CECV, while many reside only in one or the other; but I doubt many "serious" variants lie in neither.
(The first couple of remarks below reference Fergus's old comment here.)
The errors are indeed quite troubling. Perhaps you can reach out to John Beasley; he has a list of errata/omissions included as "Toward ECV3" on his site.
As for brevity, I've found many of the game descriptions lacking; I suspect that was mostly to keep the overall length short. (I'll also note, though I don't think this applies to any of your games, that some games seem to be included light-heartedly, and incomplete descriptions of these do not bother me.)
Evidently, Beasley cut out some examples of play from the first edition, assuming the reader would already own the first edition (not true of me, nor I suspect of most readers who have access only to the freely shared version now on Beasley's website), which would be nicer to have.
But overall, I find the CECV to be an excellent resource. Pritchard (and occasionally Beasley) go into detail on games he (they) find particularly interesting, and list references for most of the games (though many of those have since become difficult to obtain). Many games appear in both CVP and CECV, while many reside only in one or the other; but I doubt many "serious" variants lie in neither.