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rezzeJ  ·  3618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Arimaa

This looks great. I could imagine if you got two good players it would be crazy fun to play. In comparison to chess though, it seems like it would be significantly harder to plan your moves in a way that accounts for all the possible moves your opponent could make. I'm guessing this would make it a lot more of reactionary type game rather than careful analysis, planing, and execution of specific tactics.

In that way, it might have a similar dynamic to Othello/Reversi, where one turn can drastically change the whole board without any type of particular foreshadowing.