douglis@ucbvax.ARPA (Fred Douglis) (04/24/85)
The student center here at U.C. Berkeley recently obtained a computer game
called "Encounter" (tm), which is based on the game of Kriegspiel.
The game is refereed by a computer with a speech synthesizer, and the
rules are something like this:
- each player moves his own pieces and must guess the moves
of his opponent. (There are two boards, divided by a partition.)
- the computer announces when a piece or a pawn has been captured,
when a move is illegal, or when a player is in check (in which
case it announces the direction of check).
- the computer announces when a player has the opportunity to
capture something with a pawn.
- it is possible to play the game with a flat time limit, a
time limit for the first n moves, or no time limit at all.
Naturally, the rules are more complicated than that, but this should give
you the idea.
Now, my question: has anyone outside of U.C. Berkeley seen this game? I'm
wondering just how widespread it is. (I'm told we have a prototype version
and that the game costs ~$3000.) Does anyone have any suggestions for
Kriegspiel strategy?
Please reply to me; if warranted, I'll summarize the results to the net.
--
Fred Douglis
ucbvax!douglis douglis@Berkeley