BoardSpace.net
Encyclopedia
Boardspace.net is the online home of a wide array of strategy games. Some are well known in the gaming community others are obscure by almost anyone's standards. The primary goal of the site is to promote real time games between two humans. Most games have robots you can play and use for learning purposes but are not meant as a replacement for real head-to-head match ups. Each year the site hosts online tournaments in many of the games it has set up to play.
. He played Zertz constantly via PBeM but after waiting over a year for a real time site to emerge he decided to construct one himself. Over the years the site has continued to focus on letting people play hard to find strategy games. The site is not tied to or funded by any gaming company and has no advertising and has always been completely free.
The games available at Boardspace.net include Trax
, Palago
, Hive
, Zertz
, Hex
, Gobblet
, GIPF
and dozens more.
Overview
The site is the brain child of Dave Dyer who started it after he discovered ZertzZÈRTZ
ZÈRTZ is the third game in the GIPF Project of six abstract strategy games. The game features a shrinking board and an object that promotes sacrifice combinations...
. He played Zertz constantly via PBeM but after waiting over a year for a real time site to emerge he decided to construct one himself. Over the years the site has continued to focus on letting people play hard to find strategy games. The site is not tied to or funded by any gaming company and has no advertising and has always been completely free.
The games available at Boardspace.net include Trax
Trax
Trax may refer to:in Music:*'Trax' may be shorthand for 'Tracks'*Trax , the debut album from Japanese electronic music group Ravex*TRAX , a Korean rock band...
, Palago
Palago
Palago is a creative art puzzle/game designed by Cameron Browne and Mike McManaway .A Palago set contains 48 identical tiles which can be used for a series of puzzles, a strategic two player and a co-operative multi-player game .-History:Cameron Browne, an Australian mathematician and author of two...
, Hive
Hive
A hive may refer to a beehive, an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species live and raise their young.Hive may also refer to:-Arts:* The Hives, a Swedish rock band* Hive , a DJ and producer in the drum and bass music genre...
, Zertz
ZÈRTZ
ZÈRTZ is the third game in the GIPF Project of six abstract strategy games. The game features a shrinking board and an object that promotes sacrifice combinations...
, Hex
Hex
A hex is a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse. The term is derived from the German word Hexe for a witch.Hexa– is a prefix from the Greek word for 'six', as in hexagon, a polygon with six corners....
, Gobblet
Gobblet
Gobblet is a board game for two players designed by Thierry Denoual and published in 2001 by Gigamic and Blue Orange Games. Gobblet was a finalist for the 2004 Jeu de l'année....
, GIPF
GIPF
GIPF may refer to:* The GIPF Project, comprising six abstract strategy board games by Kris Burm** GIPF , the first and central game of the GIPF Project* Great Irish Potato Famine...
and dozens more.