Chapter readings - questions

chapter 2 (9/13): Emery Kohorst, Ohenaba Amponsah

chapter 6 (9/20): Katelyn Mattison, Timothy Zeng

chapter 7 (9/27): Cory Kostrzycki, Trent Cobb

chapter 3 (first half) (10/2): Chae Young Oh, Tang Pham

chapter 3 (second half) (10/4): Matthew Dimaria, Vincent Parshall

chapter 4 (10/11): Dylan Wong, Adrian Kahaner

chapter 5 (first half) (10/16): Alyssa Mariani, Trevon Liggins

chapter 5 (second half) (10/18): Feiyan Weng, Andy Bae

chapter 8 (10/25): Christopher Doubek, Tyler Lynch

chapter 9 (11/1): Justin Alvear, Visal Perera

chapter 10 (11/8): Henry Ohmit, Stephanie Tsuei

chapter 14 (11/15): D'Andre Nicholas, Terry Guan

chapter 11 (11/22): Joseph Mingoia, Kyle Kolpack

Early board games

Classification

per David Parlett, "Oxford History of Board Games":

• race
• space
• chase
• displace
• "theme"

per H.J.R. Murray & others:

• race
• alignment
• war + hunt
• mancala

Elements

• pieces
  • placed & moved on board
  • usually owned
• field of action
  • 1- or 2-dimensional
  • pattern of points or stations on board
  • points can be occupied by one or more pieces
• objective
  • winning spatial position
  • overwhelm opposition
  • occupy board
• placement
  • prescribed start, or add pieces to empty board
  • some games are placement only, no movement
• interaction
  • capture (permanently)
  • oust
  • block / paralyze
  • demote
  • change ownership

Playtesting

Stephanie Tsuei      David Mawer      
Cory Kostrzycki       Brian Nacov      
Justin Alvear       Alyssa Mariani      
Christopher Doubek       Chae Young Oh      
Martin Chittum       Dylan Wong      
Tang Pham       Visal Perera      
Katelyn Mattison       Vincent Parshall      
D'Andre Nicholas       Joseph Mingoia      
Feiyan Weng       Andy Bae      
Henry Ohmit       Matthew Dimaria      
Emery Kohorst       Tyler Lynch      
Kyle Kolpack       Terry Guan      
Ohenaba Amponsah       Trent Cobb      
Trevon Liggins       Timothy Zeng
Adrian Kahaner