Ben's Blog 2020

Daniel Ratcliffe, Alan Cumming en Jane Horrocks treden op in Samuel Beckett's Endgame in 'The Old Vic' Waterloo London. Leuk om deze is in levende lijve te zien.
Ik had een mooie plaats op de eerste rij. Gaaf!

Voorstellingen afgelast, geen bijeenkomsten van meer dan 100 personen. Op last van President Trump geen vluchten meer naar de Verenigde Staten, geen hand meer geven, enz....

This game is a variant of Stack-Up draughts (checkers in American English) but has been implemented with a different set of rules to the game.

It looks like the game of Reversi in which pieces may be placed in any game position be it that they remain where they are in Reversi and do not move.

In Xplosion! pieces move horizontally and vertically and must be stacked in order to win the game eventually.

Introducing: Xplosion! Stacking Draughts Game (Checkers) for Windows
(Needs Microsoft .Net Framework 4)

Created by Ben Kalkhoven 6 juli 2020

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There was this documentary about Leonard Nimoy, Startrek's Mr Spock. I Saw his live long and prosper salute and pressed print screen on the keyboard.

I sent the jpeg imagefile to laserspiegel.nl and had it lasered in a mirror. Bought a nice frame for it and presto! A one-off Trekkie special.

Live long and prosper, also my new motto now!

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Ludo is a strategy board game for up to four players, popular in many countries and under various names, such as

In Italian: Ludo non t’arrabbiare
In Dutch: Mens erger je niet!
In German: Mensch ärgere Dich nicht
In French : Ne t‘en fais pas
English : Ludo

Ludo has been built for the Windows platform in Microsofts Visual Studio .Net and requires Microsoft .Net Framework 4.

Introducing: Ludo - Strategy Board Game
(Needs .NET Framework 4)

Created by Ben Kalkhoven 5 augustus 2020

Introducing: Solitaire Word Bingo
(Needs .NET Framework 4)

Created by Ben Kalkhoven 11 augustus 2020

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Solitaire Word Bingo is a Word Guessing game in combination with
the widely known game of Bingo.
Guess for English words or words in the Dutch Language.
This game has three levels which can be reached
by guessing the correct word and hitting Bingo after
a good guess.
Each level increases the word length starting from 5
charaters up to 7 at the last level.
Improve your High Score by using fewer guesses and
by getting an early Bingo.

Introducing: Nine Men's Morris
(Needs .NET Framework 4)

Created by Ben Kalkhoven 27 augustus 2020

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The board consists of a grid with twenty-four intersections or points. Each player has nine pieces, usually colored black and white. Players try to form 'mills' allowing a player to remove an opponent's man from the game. The aim of the game is to reduce the opponent to two pieces, rendering them unable to form any more mills.

Introducing: Backgammon
(Needs .NET Framework 4)

Created by Ben Kalkhoven 11 oktober 2020

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Backgammon is one of the oldest known board games.
Its history can be traced back nearly 5,000 years to archaeological discoveries in Mesopotamia.

It is a two-player game where each player has fifteen pieces (checkers or men) that move between twenty-four triangles (points) according to the roll of two dice.

The objective of the game is to be first to bear off, i.e. move all fifteen checkers off the board.
Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games.