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Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Peter Aronson wrote on Sat, Apr 9, 2005 09:23 PM UTC:
<blockquote><i> I wonder how looks a possible variant of this game: using Rococo-Halflings... </i></blockquote> That's an interesting idea, but people don't seem to find halflings particularly inituitive for some reason. <p><hr><p> <blockquote><i> I feel that this additional constraint is foreign to the original intent of making it harder to hide from LL's on the edge. </i></blockquote> Given that this change does not keep LL's from being able to capture, merely being able to capture <strong>safely</strong> under some circumstances, I don't think this violates my original intent. I wanted the captures possible, not necessarily safe.