Mastodawn

Play abstract strategy board games online with friends or against bots

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John Beers Dec 26, 2024

I started working on another quasi-historical abstract strategy game similar to my other creations, #Maerstanas and #Oferhlyp. The first draft of #Cyngesheall is kind of like a "diagonal Hnefetafl" but we'll see where it goes after a bit of playtesting.

https://codeberg.org/jaerrib/cyngesheall

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cyngesheall

A free libre open source abstract strategy board game

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John Beers Dec 7, 2024

I've added two bots to the Django version of Maerstanas. One simply plays random moves; the other uses weighted moves with simulation to "decide" what to play. (Note that you still need an account to play bot games due to the implementation.)

https://maerstanas.fly.dev/

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John Beers Nov 27, 2024

...and it's live! I just deployed a Django-based platform for playing the abstract strategy game, Maerstanas, against other users in an asynchronous manner. Not much to see yet since I'm the only user, but I hope people come check it out. This is the initial beta launch so expect some rough edges; feedback is welcome!

https://maerstanas.fly.dev/

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Mercury Jun 10, 2023

#introduction

Hello! I’m a Reddit and Twitter user trying to figure out this whole Fediverse thing because I’d like to drop those apps entirely. My longest-term anime fandom is Mobile Suit Gundam, and of course my current obsession is Witch from Mercury.

Looking for a non-toxic space for discourse on the medium in general, and it seems like this instance has a strong ethos and identity. My time is fairly limited, so I likely be more lurker than contributor, though I may share photos of my (not-so-great) Gunpla builds from time to time.

Beyond that, I think my number one personal interest is in narratives, both fictional and socially-constructed, and how people interface with storytelling. That includes narratives constructed by games, although my gaming interests have slowly drifted away from big AAA fare and more toward small-studio RPGs, horror, retro emulation, and arcade-style games, as well as abstract board games like checkers, chess, and go.

#anime #manga #games #gundam #gunpla #witchfrommercury #zzgundam #gamesstudies #remapradio #indiegames #horrorlit #abstractstrategy #basketball

John Beers May 30, 2022

Been playtesting Oferhlýp some more. Not sure if I'm annoyed or proud that both of my sons have beaten me by capitalizing on the carelessness in my defense.

https://github.com/jaerrib/oferhlyp

#oferhlyp #opensource #abstractstrategy #boardgames