Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs

On 2006-04-20, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On 3/25/06, Carsten Becker <carbeck@...> wrote:
> > How likely would it be for a culture not located on earth to
> > come up with exactly the same game?
>
> Exactly my dilemma.  My culture is alien, so I need to design alien games.
There are a few games you could have them plausibly independantly
inventing.  Go is the first to come to mind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29
The Kigdatsi (my con-species) play it, though they can reach the
super-human level of 15-20 dan  (the human limit is 9 dan).  (Some of
their programming languages are suspiciously familiar, too.  I really
would like to be more inventive.)

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Simon Richard Clarkstone