chess?
- Thread starter wattsy
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Used to play a fair bit, but it would be stretching the truth to claim any great skill at it on my part.
These days? I occasionally beat the computer at it, if I set it low enough
These days? I occasionally beat the computer at it, if I set it low enough
I sometimes bring one when we head into the wild, specialy in the winter when it gets dark at around 1500 and stays like that unto around 0900 then there can be many hours to kill.
I think its great as there is no luck only skill.
I view it as a combat simulator with diffrent units not a board game with diffrent pieces *GG
I think its great as there is no luck only skill.
I view it as a combat simulator with diffrent units not a board game with diffrent pieces
*GG
I used to play a lot and was never without a board when our in the woods for a few days.
Learn a few proper openers and standard repsonses and it makes the game much more interesting. Gotta have somone roughly around your skill level to make it interesting.... You can play against your self but i tend to cheat
Learn a few proper openers and standard repsonses and it makes the game much more interesting. Gotta have somone roughly around your skill level to make it interesting.... You can play against your self but i tend to cheat
Yeah i play...
Have not really played for the last few years but sit at a board every now and then
Have not really played for the last few years but sit at a board every now and then
I don't play chess but I have a travel 'Go' set which I keep forgetting to take when I'm out and about. I think It'd be a good campfire game.
Does anybody play games like chess, go or backgammon by the fireside?
Does anybody play games like chess, go or backgammon by the fireside?
Yes most oftenly in the winter, see my ealier post in this threat, but to that i can add on our annual cannoe trip we bring RISK
I love chess and have a couple of really nice poratble pocket sets which means I can take them with me whenever I'm out and about. My brother turned his own set on his small lathe at Christmas for our dad - if he has a photo I'll get him to post it.
I used to play it with my dad when I still lived back home. One or two moves a day (it sat on a side table), usually before I left for school / after I came back. Longest match took about 3 months ...
Great fun!
Great fun!
Used to play a lot , not so much now but getting back into it . Used to play about 9+ moves ahead but atm still only playing 3 ish . Loving it though .
RE Backgammon - for a beginner it should be pretty simple to get the basics as the dice pretty much decide your move for you . As a beginner it's pretty much like ludo with a few extra rules .
Cheers , Trev .
PS, I'm sure you must be able to play Backgammon OL , picking it up playing is a lot easier than looking at the rules .
RE Backgammon - for a beginner it should be pretty simple to get the basics as the dice pretty much decide your move for you . As a beginner it's pretty much like ludo with a few extra rules .
Cheers , Trev .
PS, I'm sure you must be able to play Backgammon OL , picking it up playing is a lot easier than looking at the rules .
i fancy carving my own pieces, i'll use ray mears as the king and bear grylls as the pawns. les stroud as the rook and mors as the knight
yeah i used to play alot but haven't recently, unless you count BATTLECHESS on my recently referbed amiga
yeah i used to play alot but haven't recently, unless you count BATTLECHESS on my recently referbed amiga
BATTLECHESS on my recently referbed amiga
That takes me back, cracking game that was.
