Entropy (board game)
There are at least two board games known under the name Entropy. Both are two-player abstract strategic games played on square boards.
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[edit] Eric Solomon's Entropy
Eric Solomon's game was invented and published in 1977. It is played on a square board divided into 7×7 cells where one player ("Order") is trying to make patterns while his opponent ("Chaos") is trying to prevent this.[1] The game has been included as one of the events at the annual Mind Sports Olympiad ever since its inception and is marketed under the names "Hyle" (for a simplified version played on a 5×5 board) and "Hyle7".
The World Championships have taken place as part of the Mind Sports Olympiad since 1997.[1] Demis Hassabis has won this event a record five times until losing in 2007.[2] The event has also been won by Hassabis's brother George and by another Pentamind champion, David M. Pearce.
- 1997:
Martin Heasman (England) - 1998: Peter Horlock (England)
- 1999: George Hassabis (England)
- 2000: Demis Hassabis (England)
- 2001: Demis Hassabis (England)
- 2002: David M. Pearce (England)
- 2003: Demis Hassabis (England)
- 2004: Demis Hassabis (England)
- 2005: Peter Horlock (England)
- 2006: Demis Hassabis (England)
- 2007: David M. Pearce (England)
- 2008: Peter Horlock (England)
- 2009:
Alain S. Dekker (South Africa) - 2010:
Paco Garcia de la Banda (Spain) - 2011: Peter Horlock (England)
[edit] Augustine Carreno's Entropy
Augustine Carreno's game was published in 1994. It is played on a square board divided into 5×5 cells with seven black and seven white pieces setup initially as in the Korean board game Five Field Kono. Here for each player the object is to be first to go from the initial position, in which all the player's pieces can move, to a position in which none can. A piece is enabled to move only when it is in contact, horizontally, vertically or diagonally with at least another piece of the same type.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Article about Entropy, http://www.boardability.com/game.php?id=entropy, Retrieved on 06 September 2010.
- ^ Stephen Moss, This time it's personal, The Guardian, 27 August 2007, Retrieved on 13 June 2010.
[edit] External links
- The full game rules for Solomon's game are available from the Mind Sports Worldwide home page.
- The full game rules for Carreno's game are available from Richard Rognlie's Play-By-eMail Server.
- Hyle at BoardGameGeek
- Learn and play Entropy online
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