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Joost
Oct 25, 20191 min read
Shithead
Don't let the name put you off. Shithead, created by Gauthier Malzac in the not too distant past is great fun. This is a beating game in...
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Joost
Oct 18, 20191 min read
Rummy
Rummy has players trying to turn hands of seven or ten cards into groups of three or four sets of card that are either three/four of a...
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Joost
Oct 10, 20191 min read
Mustn't Brag but...
Basic Brag is a three card game. With each hand you make various three card hands whose strength resemble hand strengths in poker....
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Joost
Oct 3, 20192 min read
A variation on BlackJack
There are two games named Blackjack. One is played in Casinos where you get nearest to 21 in total face value without going over. I'm not...
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Joost
Sep 26, 20191 min read
Spit
Its been a while since I typed. I feel guilty about that, but have no gaming opinions right now that you need forced upon you. So...
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Joost
Jul 8, 20191 min read
A Fantasy in Yellow
I've just entered my fantasy team for the Tour De France this year. I think my friends and I have had a team in the ...
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Joost
Jun 28, 20191 min read
Advanced Jeopardy
I absolutely love this article by Tim Urban on how much people stake in Final Jeopardy. How those in the lead optimise their chances of...
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Joost
Jun 21, 20191 min read
Deep Thought
I was interested by what is defined as more complex when it comes to DeepMind learning games. Googles Ai has already mastered Chess, Go...
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Joost
Jun 8, 20191 min read
Game theory?
I have been enjoying some of the (simpler) mathematical explorations of simple games on numberphile with the sadly recently-passed Elwyn...
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Joost
Jun 1, 20191 min read
Esport gamble?
I'm don't want to jump on any bandwagon of negativity. I don't want to say "I told you so". But I have had this nagging feeling about...
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Joost
May 22, 20191 min read
Realities becoming real
The launch of Google’s Glass 2 and the acceleration of Augmented Reality games such as Minecraft Earth means that the world is finally...
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Joost
May 17, 20191 min read
GAMES INNNN SPAAAAACE!
I was intrigued about whether astronauts play board games in space and how they manage it. I'd thought maybe magnets would be a bad idea...
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Joost
Apr 28, 20191 min read
Thoughts on making games
Games should be fun. More-over, making games should be fun. I listen to designer podcasts, I read designer blogs and postings. They do...
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