Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site prism.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!cca!prism!mer From: mer@prism.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Re: Game request Message-ID: <3600007@prism.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 11:26:00 EDT Article-I.D.: prism.3600007 Posted: Wed Sep 18 11:26:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 23:57:32 EDT References: <16385@watmath.UUCP> Lines: 8 Nf-ID: #R:watmath:-1638500:prism:3600007:000:475 Nf-From: prism!mer Sep 18 11:26:00 1985 It's called Gnomic, and it was described in a Scientific American issue of two or more years ago, when Hofstadter was doing Metamagical Themas. It may also be described in the recently published book of his columns. I've played it once; it was interesting, but rather slow, and some of the other players didn't like it much. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meredith Lesly {mit-eddie, ihnp4!inmet, wjh12, cca, datacube} !mirror!mer Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com