Re: [pbmserv-dev] cathedral

["Miguel Villaverde" <sirrus@teleline.es>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David GLAUDE PBEM" <dglaude@gmx.net>

>I find it very intersting what you are discussing about Cathedral.
>But before you start coding Look below what can be read at the bottom of
the
>page...

>"Cathedral - The game of the mediaeval city"
>Is property of and copyright © 1978, 1997 Chrisbo I.P. Holdings limited
>The intellectual rights in all parts, name, design and rules is protected
by
>International copyright treaties. No parts may be copied or reproduced in
>any materials including electronic, multimedia and internet, without the
>express permission of the owner

Yes, you're right. Someone should probably ask them for permission prior to
deciding to do any coding. And if the answer is no, we'll surely come up
with some fancy name for our own clone. ;)

>Also, on the same web site there was a forum where some peaple cleam to
have
>find the killer move for first (or second player). I think I still have
the
>information somewhere.
>But if there is already a strong indication that the game is a win for
first
>(second) why investing time on that game?

Well, even if that were true, I believe there are several other games in
the server that are considered solved. Connect4, for instance, or even
Survival, as someone pointed out recently. I'm not sure if that's a reason
for dismissing a game at all. After all, all games that involve no chance
are ultimately solvable (at least in theory ;).

Sirrus