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1. Triactor (JCD Piecepack)

   Jonathan C. Dietrich is a notable piecepack designer who has written several piecepack games, developed VASSAL's piecepack module, and designed the JCD piecepack. In this demo we'll be making a starting diagram for the game Triactor that he co-authored using a piecepackr configuration that directly uses his JCD piecepack images …

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2. Chess

   This article includes some demos of chess-ranked piecepacks as well as the starting diagrams of several chess variants playable with a piecepack.

   Contents

   • Print-and-play chess-ranked piecepacks
     • Chess-ranked piecepack
     • French-suited chess-ranked piecepack
     • Mirrored-color-scheme chess piecepacks
       • Black-suited mirrored-color-scheme chess-ranked piecepack
       • Red-suited mirrored-color-scheme chess-ranked piecepack
     • Both-piecepack-and-chess-ranked piecepack
   • Some chess variants playable with a …

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3. Everest

   Everest is a piecepack game by Mark A. Biggar featuring programmed movement. It is a "King of the Hill" game that features a visually striking board with the tiles physically arranged as a hill. Here is the starting diagram for it using an "icy" piecepack tile color scheme to match …

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4. Backgammon

   Backgammon is one of the oldest known board games. Like other classic board games like checkers and chess it is also possible to play with a single piecepack. Below is a starting diagram for playing a game of backgammon with a piecepack.

   library("grid")
   library("piecepackr")
   library("ppgames", warn.conflicts …

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5. Tablut

   Tablut is a historical (hnefa)tafl game played by the Sámi people until at least the 1700s whose rules were written down by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus in 1732. Below is a starting diagram for playing a game of Tablut with a piecepack.

   library("piecepackr")
   library("ppgames", warn.conflicts=FALSE …

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6. Cribbage

   Cribbage is a popular two-person card game that usually requires a special cribbage board to keep score. Below is a diagram of using a piecepack to make an effective cribbage board.

   library("grid")
   library("piecepackr")
   library("ppgames", warn.conflicts=FALSE)
   cfg <- pp_cfg(list(suit_color="darkred,black,darkgreen,darkblue,black",
                      border_color …

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