http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2005/11/punct/ Mikko Saari on board games. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2005/11/punct/comment-page-1/#comment-2214 Mikko Saari Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:39:23 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3904#comment-2214 I agree that Pünct is more than Twixt or Hex and I do like it better than those games. However, I thought the gameplay had still many of the elements in connection games that I don't like. I won't say I'll never play Pünct again, but it definitely isn't high on my lists. However, I do realise it's quite a good game and I do recommend that fans of abstract games check it out, it's certainly worth it like the other GIPF games. I agree that Pünct is more than Twixt or Hex and I do like it better than those games. However, I thought the gameplay had still many of the elements in connection games that I don’t like.
I won’t say I’ll never play Pünct again, but it definitely isn’t high on my lists. However, I do realise it’s quite a good game and I do recommend that fans of abstract games check it out, it’s certainly worth it like the other GIPF games.

]]> http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2005/11/punct/comment-page-1/#comment-2213 Linnaeus Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:48:17 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3904#comment-2213 It's a little hard to argue against something like "I don't like connection games, but I think you may be missing out by dismissing Punct (excuse the lack of umlaut) on that basis. I haven't played the architypical connection games Hex or Twixt, but based on what I know of them, there is a lot more going on in Punct, and it is extremely interesting. Punct is an extremely deep game, but it takes a couple of plays before it starts to sink in. And I'll also recommend biskai.de. The interfaces are the best I've seen for web-based play, making nice use of Javascript and clean, elegant graphics. The transition from visualizing YINSH on BSW to visualizing it on biskai has been a bit hard on me, but I still like the web interface. It’s a little hard to argue against something like “I don’t like connection games, but I think you may be missing out by dismissing Punct (excuse the lack of umlaut) on that basis. I haven’t played the architypical connection games Hex or Twixt, but based on what I know of them, there is a lot more going on in Punct, and it is extremely interesting. Punct is an extremely deep game, but it takes a couple of plays before it starts to sink in.
And I’ll also recommend biskai.de. The interfaces are the best I’ve seen for web-based play, making nice use of Javascript and clean, elegant graphics. The transition from visualizing YINSH on BSW to visualizing it on biskai has been a bit hard on me, but I still like the web interface.

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