Gaming @ SI
A place to play and learn new games with friends. We play board games, card games, video games, role-playing games, ... you name it!
Drop-in days: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ lunch and after school in Rooms 312 (Physics lab) & 313 (Physics classroom). Come pick up a game & start playing!
Most recent page update: January 20, 2010 2:56 PM
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Diplomacy
"Diplomacy is the art of letting the other fellow have your way." — Lester B. Pearson, Canadian P.M.
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." -- Henry Kissinger
"In international diplomacy there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests." — Prince von Otto Eduard Leopold Bismark
Resources
Game 8
Wikipedia article on Diplomacy
Blank map with pieces [PowerPoint] /
Blank Map [.gif]
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Starting configuration map with pieces [PowerPoint]
Quick Start Rules, Introductory Video, 4th Edition Rules and House rules
Go
"The rules of Go are so elegant, organic and rigorously logical that if intelligent lifeforms exist elsewhere in the universe they almost certainly play Go." — Edward Lasker
"Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should study Go." — Confucius
"Studying Go is a wonderful way to develop both the creative as well as the logical abilities of children because to play it both sides of the brain are necessary." — Cho Chikun 9-Dan, among the world's strongest players
Resources
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Wikipedia article on Go
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The Way to Go (introductory rules)
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Kiseido Go Server
& KGS Tutorial
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Simple Java applet for Go by BJP
Settlers of Catan
"Settlers was the first German-style board game to achieve popularity outside Europe, and has been called the "killer app" of designer board games. Over 11 million games in the Catan series have been sold, and the game has been translated into twenty-five languages from the original German. The game has rapidly become popular in part because its mechanics are relatively simple, while its dynamics are quite complex. The game is well suited for family play, since no one gets eliminated, and players who are behind can strive towards goals that are within their reach." - from Wikipedia (see below)
Resources
Interactive Fiction
"I think you're wrong. I'm a computer, so I have a really terrific memory, and I'm almost positive you already rang the doorbell. Couldn't you be mistaken?" -- from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy computer game manual
"For me, the merging of storytelling and (interactive) technology offers an incredible opportunity to reach new generations in ways that could not have been imagined a mere decade ago." -- Steven Spielberg
Resources
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Wikipedia article on IF
- Inform 7 (the text-adventure programming language and novel IDE)
- Interactive Fiction Archive
- Windows Frotz (a text-adventure interpreter)
- Gargoyle (a really nice interpreter that uses fonts built for screen-reading)
- Zoom (for Mac OS X / Unix)
Munchkin 
"Any disputes in the rules should be settled by loud arguments with the owner of the game having the last word." -- from the instructions
"Decide who goes first by rolling the dice and arguing about the results and the meaning of this sentence and whether the fact a word seems to be missing any effect." -- from the instructions
Resources