Is Zillions of Games gone?

[richar...@hotmail.com]

http://www.zillionsofgames.com

Site no longer appears up. I am going to be disappointed if this site
is gone for good. Zillions was and is THE engine for chess variants
and other abstract strategy games.

- Richard Hutnik

[Steffan O'Sullivan]

Must have been temporary. I just clicked it and it worked.

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[UprightCitizen]

If you like Chess try the FICS server, the client BabasChess is the best way
to connect.

<richar...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[richar...@hotmail.com]

Yep, they are back, which is a good thing. Zillions holds an essential
place in the boardgame/abstract strategy/chess variant community.

- Richard Hutnik

[richar...@hotmail.com]

Upright, how does Babas handle variants?

- Richard Hutnik

[fizzy]

Unfortunately, though, it's no longer in development. There will not
be a Zillions 3, nor any more patches for Zillions 2. Too bad, because
there are quite a lot of new features it could use, and it can always
use better AI.

[UprightCitizen]

I know you can play Fischer Random. Also there is Bughouse/Crazyhouse, but
I've heard the client Thief might be best for that, not sure cause i dont
play it. http://www.babaschess.net/features.asp
a.. Support for crazyhouse
a.. Support for bughouse (partner buttons, suggest in partner board,
wait-for-piece premoves)
a.. Support for atomic chess (explosion sound and animation)
a.. Support for all the other chess variants available on the server

<richar...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Greg]

fizzy wrote:
> Unfortunately, though, it's no longer in development. There will not
> be a Zillions 3, nor any more patches for Zillions 2. Too bad, because
> there are quite a lot of new features it could use, and it can always
> use better AI.

I haven't seen any notice that Zillions is no longer in development
(although I haven't seen any indication that it is). How do you know
this? Just curious.

Regards,
-- Greg

(another Zillions fan)

[look@worldnet.att.net dawg]

How many rootkits and trackers does this thing install on your system.
Sorry,it just looks like a perfect vehicle for spyware.

<richar...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[richar...@hotmail.com]

dawg, NONE. The files you download are like word files. The program
downloads them and then interprets them.

- Richard Hutnik

[David Richerby]

<richar...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> How many rootkits and trackers does this thing install on your system.
>> Sorry,it just looks like a perfect vehicle for spyware.
>

> dawg, NONE. The files you download are like word files. The program
> downloads them and then interprets them.

Given Word's long and inglorious history of macro viruses, perhaps
that's not the best analogy you could have chosen. :-)

Dave.

--
David Richerby Hilarious Unholy Cheese (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a brick of cheese but it's also
a crime against nature and a bundle
of laughs!

[Patrick]

richar...@hotmail.com wrote:
> http://www.zillionsofgames.com
>
> . . . Zillions was and is THE engine for chess variants

> and other abstract strategy games.

I just finally got around to buying a copy the other day. I've always
admired this kind of game, and I think playing such games is good for
me. Considering how poorly I do at them, they must be exercising a
little-used part of my brain.

Thank goodness for the Pushover setting, without which Zillions would
just be a form of self-torture. (I also appreciate the ability to turn
off music and sound effects.)

--Patrick