Richard's PBeM Server

Introduction to playing Zèrtz+11 on Richards PBeM-server.

Zèrtz+11 has the same rules as plain Zèrtz, but the board consists of 11 extra rings. If you're not a good Zèrtz-player, you probably shouldn't be playing this variant.

This is not an introduction to Zèrtz+11. If you don't know the game yet but want to learn then you can go and buy it or check the gipf-website (www.gipf.com) for the rules. In any case, you should check the gipf-website to know how the moves of a game are written down.

How to interpret the ASCII-representation of a Zèrtz+11-game

Every hexagon represents one of the tiles that constitute a Zèrtz+11-board. If a tile is removed from the board then the hexagon is replaced by a dot.
White, gray and black marbles are shown on the board as the letters W, G and B in the middle of a hexagon.

The following drawing shows a typical game-situation:

                   A5 B6 C7 D8 E7 F6 G5 H4

                            .  __
                         .  __/  \      
                      .  __/G \__/.     
                   .  __/  \__/  \   .  __
                     /  \__/  \__/.  __/  \
                   . \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/
                      . \__/  \__/  \__/.
                   .  __/  \__/B \__/  \
                   __/  \__/  \__/  \__/.
                  /W \__/B \__/  \__/  \
                  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/.
                  /B \__/  \__/. \__/  \
                  \__/  \__/  \   . \__/
                     \__/  \__/.        
                        \__/  \         
                           \__/         
                                        
                   A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 H1

Coordinates on a Zèrtz+11-board consist of a letter (A-H) and a number (1-8).

The letter indicates the column, the number is the position within the column when you start counting from the bottom. The following drawing should make things clear:

                   A5 B6 C7 D8 E7 F6 G5 H4
                            __
                         __/D8\__
                      __/C7\__/E7\__    
                   __/B6\__/D7\__/F6\__ 
                  /A5\__/C6\__/E6\__/G5\__
                  \__/B5\__/D6\__/F5\__/H4\
                  /A4\__/C5\__/E5\__/G4\__/
                  \__/B4\__/D5\__/F4\__/H3\
                  /A3\__/C4\__/E4\__/G3\__/
                  \__/B3\__/D4\__/F3\__/H2\
                  /A2\__/C3\__/E3\__/G2\__/
                  \__/B2\__/D3\__/F2\__/H1\
                  /A1\__/C2\__/E2\__/G1\__/
                  \__/B1\__/D2\__/F1\__/
                     \__/C1\__/E1\__/   
                        \__/D1\__/      
                           \__/         
                                        
                   A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 H1

The extension to the PBeM-server for playing Zèrtz+11 was written by Kurt Van den Branden (kurtvdb@pandora.be). If you find a problem or a bug, let him know.