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Ideas for Games

In general, ideas for variants of games that are already on GoldToken should be listed in [ Variants ]. Games that differ a lot from the original can be mentioned here

If you are adding to this page, please categorize the game so that this page can stay somewhat organized. It will help the developers as they search for new games to add to this site.

Senet
I think the game is too random. I think that if introduced the rule that adjacent pieces can not be captured would make the game more strategic.

What nonsense! Just throw the stones makes the fun out!
(This seems a bit harsh - the rule suggested above is the normal way of playing Senet)

Sudoka

It has been done on many, many newspapers, all over the world, and, of course, paperback books, so I don't THINK it's a copyright of anyone.

Backgammon

  • Please use [ Variants ] for these games

Chess

  • Please use [ Variants ] for these games

Checkers

  • Chinese Checkers
    • Isn't this just another name for [ Halma ]?
      • Sort of, Halma is traditionally a square board, CC uses a 6 pointed star

Codewords

The name of the game itself is almost certainly copywright, but it could be called Goldwords or Goldcodes or another name that wasn't being used.
The game resembles a crossword puzzle.
Each letter in the alphabet has been substituted with a number from 1-26. The goal is to work out all the letters and thus complete the puzzle.
I'm not sure how well it would work as is as a person familiar with the game would probably finish it in one move. It might be possible to tinker with the format/objective to make it a playable game.

Dominoes


Spectrangle
Triominos

  • a fairer version of the original game please that is based upon games won and lost, rather than points. It could for example be the first to win 11 games, or perhaps there could be a choice.. 11, 15 and 21. As it is intended to be a friendlier fairer version why not give it a name assocuiated with this site.

  • Game called MUSTANGO
  • Played in an unusual way on 11x10 board with 9x9 set ... first tile is randomly placed on the board and players alternatively put their tiles
and collect points whenever their tile and the one(or more) it touches, creates knight-like shape ... tiles have to touch other tile(s) already on the board ... initially players get 3 tiles and replenish their hands after each move ... This game is my original creation and not copyrighted, ready to be enjoyed by anybody ... it utilizes domino stones and "famous" knight jump ... please contact me for details, my nick is etaoni.


All in a Row


Just 4 Fun
Just 4 Fun Colours

  • Tic-Tac-Toe ( connect 6 is a great game)
  • multi-dimensional noughts and crosses
    • ie. 3x3x3 or 4x4x4 or even 4x4x4x4 etc. 4x4x4 sounds good, I've played something like that before, but still trying to figure out 4x4x4x4, can you explain what this would be?
      • It's simply an extension of the 3D game into the fourth dimension. It's difficult to visualise, but can be represented easily by a 4x4 grid of 4x4 grids.
    • We used to play 3D and 4D connect 4 on the blackboard at school. You can play it with three players too. We tried 5D once, but the blackboard wasn't big enough to represent the playing area ;-)
  • Pente
  • Keryo-Pente
  • Nine Men's Morris: http://www.cox-tv.com/games/rules/morris.html
    • Five Men's Morris
    • Eleven Men's Morris

Territory Games


Chinagold
War of Roses
Blokus

  • Monopoly
  • I'm the king of the castle (you're a dirty rascal).
  • Tigris & Euphrates (highly recommended, one of the top 5 boardgames ever, boardgamegeek.com)

War Games (These may be hard to make due to copyrights)

  • Stratego
  • Risk
  • Diplomacy
  • SABOTAGE or ESPIONAGE ~ And Their Variants
    • (If had this game implemented, I would
    • highly consider leaving IYT and BrainKing altogether)
  • Empire (if old classic computer games can be considered)

Mancala

  • Mancala
  • Wari
    • Isn't that just another name for Manacala?
    • There are many many (hundreds?) of variants of this type of game. While they are similar I think they cover 2 different games (or sets of games) in that family.
    • I suggest one mancala 2 rows (Awele or wari) and one 4 rows (Omweso)

Yahtzee/Shake Rattle & Roll Type Games

  • Please use [ Variants ] for these games

Other Dice Games


Can't stop
Dice Ligretto


Malefiz
  • Knock
    • What is this?
  • Cachos, a Chilean game similar to Cheat, but with dice.
  • Perudo / Liar's Dice

Scrabble/Grabble type games

  • Please use [ Variants ] for these games

Other Word Games

  • Boggle
    • This is obviously impossible. This is a turn based website, so time based games don't work!
  • [ Ghostword ]
    • This can be played using wikis. We had a couple of tournaments in the Wordwizzards club (unfortunately now disbanded)
    • Now that we have the dictionary for Grabble, this would be a good addition, and I would have thought should be fairly simple to code.
  • [ Crossword Puzzles ]
    • being worked on in { Club: # 1118 } and { Club }.
    • These can be done using wikis. We did quite a few in the Wordwizzards club (unfortunately now disbanded)
  • There is a word game played in Little Golem that is very good (I think it would do well here)
  • Any chance of getting the game added to the Game Selections List?!

Connection Games


Oust http://www.marksteeregames.com/MSG_abstract_games.html < Mark allows any of his games to be programmed, as long as credits are given to him.
Chinagold
Quirkle


Games with odd-shaped boards

  • Abalone (and I 2nd Gipf etc below)
  • Monopoly
  • Sword Throwing
    • How would you play that on a computer?
      • Very carefully Smiling
  • Darts
  • Pool Table
  • Parcheesi This game should be spelt Pachisi and is the national game of India.
  • Trivial Pursuit
  • WUMPUS
  • Ludo
    • This is really a variant of Backgammon
      • Some names of games similar to Ludo are 'Sorry' 'Trouble' or 'Aggravation' 
  Not so. It is a variant of Pachesi. Ludo = I play in Latin
To the best of my knowledge Ludo is played on a square board, 2-4 players, all players moving clockwise, the object of the game being to get 4 checkers from "Start" to "Home". Checkers which are hit go back to "Start". A 6 must be rolled before placing a checker on the track at "Start".
  • Hex: http://www.cox-tv.com/games/rules/hex.html
  • MahJongg
  • Gipf/Zertz/Yinsh/Dvonn
  • Chase isnft easily categorized. It is a capture game such as Chess. It is played on a flattened cylindrical Hex board ala the flattened Cylindrical Chess board (Gold Token). Moves are limited to the value of the pieces like in Dipole (Gold Token). There is a mechanism for restoring captured pieces. It is an addictive game requiring significant abstract skill. Chase was designed by Tom Kruszewski and published by TSR in the 1980s as a board game (now only found in yardsales). Chase is increasing in popularity on superdupergames.org even with a limited graphical interface. There is a link on superdupergames.org to the rules.

Card Games


Stacko
Robot Master
Memory

  • Escoba (a trick-taking card game. Its name that refers to the situation in the game where you "sweep" all of the cards from the board in one turn) more info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escoba
  • Uno
  • SkipBo
  • Phase 10
  • Poker: Heads-up Texas Hold' em
    • I'd love this to be made a game at GT but we'd have to be careful that authorities and parents don't start thinking that GT is a gambling site. A good design of initial chips and escalation of the blinds would ensure that matches finished within a reasonable time rather than going on and on.
  • Cribbage
  • Whist
  • Chinese Poker also known as Pusoy. Involves a lot of variants. Possibly a Caveman-type game.
  • Solo
  • Contract Bridge
  • Knockout Whist
  • German Whist
  • Blob (Contract Whist)
  • Piquet
  • Bezique
  • Manchester Brag
  • Stop The Cab
  • Chinese Patience
  • Pinochle (separate players or partners)
  • Canasta
  • hookie
  • The "idiot" (russian game?) ask me if you want to do this and I'll tell you the rules, it's not really a bad game!
    • Why don't you describe it here?: [ The Idiot ]
  • BS (generally named a bad word, which I'm not posting here!)
    • If it's the same game, also known as Cheat or I doubt it.
  • Pyramid - You have to balance the cards on their ends and lean them together to build up a pyramid shape.
  • 52-card pick-up
  • Gin (presumably = Gin Rummy in UK)
  • Poker all types
  • Euchre
  • Wizard
  • Top Trumps
  • Rook
  • Spades
  • Rummy
  • Lost Cities
  • I second Cribbage!
  • 13 - Simple card game where you must pair two cards that add up to 13 I.E 10 of hearts plus the 3 of clubs = 13, jack plus the 2 = 13.

Uncategorized 


Keltis
Stone Age
Safari
Hongkong Mahjong
Egel Race
Halali

  • Arimaa: This is a deep strategy game that uses chess pieces and board. It works well with custom pieces. Games magazine voted it best abstract game of 2011!
  • Hnefatafl aka The Viking Game (see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games / http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Hnefatafl )
  • Family Feud
  • Deal Or No Deal: Here is a website game I found on the internet that everyone can play: http://www.nbc.com/Deal_or_No_Deal/game/flash.shtml
  • Bingo
  • Wheel of Fortune: I found this website for the game Wheel of Fortune: http://www.trygames.com/webgames/?aff=
  • Jeopardy
  • Concentration (memory game)
    • memory games aren't really appropriate for this type of site, as people can easily use their browser's back button.
  • Balderdash
  • Loaded Questions
  • Scruples
  • Scattergories
  • Outburst
  • TV trivia
  • Movie triva
  • Music trivia Playing piano
  • Twister
  • Pooh Sticks (clean version)
  • Nim
  • There are no puzzle games like mijon
  • Terrace
  • Jungle
  • Amazons
  • Settlers (could be tricky due to the player interaction required)
    • This is true, however a version could be made where you can propose trades and then on the next players turns they can accept them at the beginning of their turns and then the trade happens for your next turn. Also a version could be made with no player interactions and I think it would still work well.
  • Carcassonne
  • Billards
  • I hope I have not duplicated what someone else said, but can you make a game in grabble where the word would tell when you put it in, what it means? I think it would be neat to learn what the word means also.
  • Mastermind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_%28board_game%29
  • EinStein wurfelt nicht http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EinStein_w%C3%BCrfelt_nicht
  • Lasca similar to checkers ,invented by former world chess champion Emanual Lasker

Sport related games


MONOPOLY!! - THE CHADster


If i may add, i have a variety of bingo games going and a new word Search try it Budgie 

EXECUTIONER - JTOhio 


Howdy! Just a suggestion for ya.. with Executioner, I think it would be better and much more fair to be given another turn whenever a letter is guessed correctly. My opponent and I keep "stealing" each other's words following a correct guess by the other! Laughing

Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock

proposed by rabbitoid 
Currently Rock-paper-scissors has no variants. Deplorable! here's one that is slightly more complicated. As far as I know it comes from "The big bang theory" show. The rules are described, for example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock


CLUEDO
proposed by MM David littlefair XI 
You could chase the word to goldmurder and play it like the board game Cluedo.