Binary - Binary Number Based Strategic Board Game/ Also:Tribangle/Also:Bag O' Bones
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Binary is a strategic game played upon a 10 by 10 grid
One player has 20 black pieces, 10 with 1 on them and 10 with 0 on them; the other player has 20 white pieces, 10 with 1 on them and 10 with 0 on them.
Starting position: Players start with their 1 pieces in their first rank and their 0 pieces in their second rank.
Pieces can be moved up to 2 places, vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
Capturing opponents pieces: If a players pieces are in an uninterrupted line, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally, then that line is considered a number. If the number is higher than a number formed by opposing pieces on the same grid line then a player can remove those opposing pieces from the board, in other words capture them.
How to win: The aim of the game is to either capture all of your opponents pieces or diminish their pieces to the point where they are forced to surrender.
Tribangle - A Type of Manual Random Number Generator A tribangle is a form of manual randomness generator like a dice or teetotum.
It is essentially an evenly weighted triangular bangle/bracelet upon which the sides and corners have been numbered 1 to 6. The bangle is spun round a persons wrist or arm and what ever number is facing upwards when it stops spinning is their number.
A tribangle could be a square, pentagon, hexagon or some other shape in which case it would be called a quadbangle; pentabangle; hexabangle etcetera but I decided on a triangle because there are 6 possibilities as with a six sided dice so you could use a tribangle to play board games if you wish.
If divination is your thing you could also use one of these gaming bangles to tell fortunes with the way that dice are used in cleromancy.
The Game of Bag O' Bones
Bag O' Bones is game merging together Lottery and Dice.
Players have a bag containing 4 White six sided dice; 4 Black six sided dice.
They shake up the bag at the beginning of the game and before each turn.
They then take turns reaching into the bag; randomly taking out one dice and rolling it.
White dice (Adding dice): The number that they roll with a white dice is added to their score.
Black Dice (Subtracting dice): The number that they roll with a black dice is subtracted from their score.
How to win: When the last dice has been removed from the bag and rolled then the player with the highest score is the winner.
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