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23 November 2011

GameTalk - Gaming With VASSAL

Is playing a game on VASSAL (or Cyberboard, Hexwars, ADC, etc) considered a board game or a computer game?

By: Brant

3 comments:

  1. Well, is an audiobook a book, or is it a piece of music?

    What about a book of sheet music?

    I'm not sure why you're asking, except maybe to pose questions like the above. Offhand I would say it's a board game, in that a VASSAL module is a digital representation of something that started life as a board game (that is, a physical product).

    I like to joke that board games are playable on any platform - kitchen table, counter, TV tray, even the floor.

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  2. I like to refer to as "computer-assisted boardgaming", as I sometimes still use some of my real boardgaming components (like dice or maps or frequently used tables, charts or logs) but supplement it with what I am doing on vassal.

    Jack Nastyface

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  3. My initial thought, is since it was based on a board game, its a board game

    computer games for me have to have AI vs just being digital counters

    and LOVE vassal, adc2, cyberboard, and Zun Tzu.

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