Rithmomachy Page

[Quadibloc]

On my web site, at the location

http://www.quadibloc.com/other/bo0107.htm

I have added a page about Rithmomachy.

It does not really add much, I have to admit, to the pool of
information about that game which is already available on the web,
particularly as the source of most of the information on this page is
this page:

http://jducoeur.org/game-hist/fulke.html

which I do acknowledge on the page.

However, I have gathered a few tidbits from other sources into my
page, and I think that I have explained the rules clearly - in one
respect, I have noted one factor which makes the later version of
Rithmomachy impossible to play for at least one of the winning
conditions. (If you can't re-enter captured pieces, or otherwise use
them to make winning combinations, black has no way to make the
highest type of victory.)

One nice thing, I think, is that not only do I list the combinations
for Victoria Excellentissima, but I show _why_ each combination is a
valid winning combination.

John Savard