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Page 262v, entitled «Herr Gœli», is named after a member of the Golin family originating from Badenweiler, | Page 262v, entitled «Herr Gœli», is named after a member of the Golin family originating from Badenweiler, | ||
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- | Join in, click to enlarge, and start playing a game of backgammon against «Herrn Gœli». But watch out: Despite his respectable age, «Herr Gœli» is quite lucky with the dice! | + | [[http:// |
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+ | ===== Help ===== | ||
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+ | You control the white stones. The object of the game is to move all your pieces from the top-left corner of the board clockwise to the bottom-left corner and then off the board, while your opponent does the same in the opposite direction. Click on the dice to roll, click on a stone to select it, and again on a game space to move it. Each die result tells you how far you can move one piece, so if you roll a five and a three, you can move one piece five spaces, and another three spaces. Or, you can move the same piece three, then five spaces (or vice versa). Rolling doubles allows you to make four moves instead of two. | ||
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+ | Note that you can't move to spaces occupied by two or more of your opponent' | ||
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+ | And don't worry if you don't understand what «Herr Gœli» ist telling you in Middle High German: Point your mouse to his message to get a translation into modern English. | ||
+ | ===== Updates ===== | ||
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+ | 2016/07/01 v1.0: Index page, basic game engine\\ | ||
+ | 2016/07/02 v1.1: Translation into Middle High German, responsive design | ||
===== Data ===== | ===== Data ===== | ||
- | * List and link your actual and ideal data sources. | + | * Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg: [[http:// |
+ | * Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg: [[http:// | ||
+ | * Wikimedia Commons: [[https:// | ||
+ | * Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz: [[http:// | ||
+ | * Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz: [[http:// | ||
+ | * Wörterbuchnetz: | ||
- | ===== Team ===== | + | ===== Author |
- | * [[user:weibelth]] | + | * Prof. Thomas Weibel, |
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