Alain Brobecker
@alainbrobecker.bsky.social
Chess problemist, boardgame designer (Cubissimo, Polyssimo, Jungle Logic...), Mathematician, Programmer, Esperantisto, Acorn Archimedes enthusiast... #j2s #boardgame #chess
Converted my random 1D cellular automata with transitions to a playable javascript version: abrobecker.free.fr/java/rndcell...
July 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Converted my random 1D cellular automata with transitions to a playable javascript version: abrobecker.free.fr/java/rndcell...
The Rose King 🌹
A combinatorial game with small luck factor for the movement cards. But very nice and interesting to play.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20...
#j2s #boardgame #combinatorial
A combinatorial game with small luck factor for the movement cards. But very nice and interesting to play.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20...
#j2s #boardgame #combinatorial
February 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Rose King 🌹
A combinatorial game with small luck factor for the movement cards. But very nice and interesting to play.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20...
#j2s #boardgame #combinatorial
A combinatorial game with small luck factor for the movement cards. But very nice and interesting to play.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20...
#j2s #boardgame #combinatorial
Some of the games I have been working on last year, for Smart Games! 🛠😄
* IQ Bubbles by Raf Peeters
* Caged Marbles by Sjaak Griffioen
* Fishtricks by Rein Lambrichts
* The wolf & the 7 goats by Emma Ribbens
#j2s #Boardgames
* IQ Bubbles by Raf Peeters
* Caged Marbles by Sjaak Griffioen
* Fishtricks by Rein Lambrichts
* The wolf & the 7 goats by Emma Ribbens
#j2s #Boardgames
February 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Some of the games I have been working on last year, for Smart Games! 🛠😄
* IQ Bubbles by Raf Peeters
* Caged Marbles by Sjaak Griffioen
* Fishtricks by Rein Lambrichts
* The wolf & the 7 goats by Emma Ribbens
#j2s #Boardgames
* IQ Bubbles by Raf Peeters
* Caged Marbles by Sjaak Griffioen
* Fishtricks by Rein Lambrichts
* The wolf & the 7 goats by Emma Ribbens
#j2s #Boardgames
A game night with Cameron Browne, author of Yavalath, here in the new Japanese EGG version. 😄
#j2s #boardgame
#j2s #boardgame
February 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A game night with Cameron Browne, author of Yavalath, here in the new Japanese EGG version. 😄
#j2s #boardgame
#j2s #boardgame
I made myself some A5 magazine holders (I have hundreds of chess problem magazines in this format). Link to .scad here : abrobecker.free.fr/3D/3D.htm 🤓📚
#OpenSCAD #3D #Functional3DPrinting #ChessProblems
#OpenSCAD #3D #Functional3DPrinting #ChessProblems
February 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I made myself some A5 magazine holders (I have hundreds of chess problem magazines in this format). Link to .scad here : abrobecker.free.fr/3D/3D.htm 🤓📚
#OpenSCAD #3D #Functional3DPrinting #ChessProblems
#OpenSCAD #3D #Functional3DPrinting #ChessProblems
Carcassonne à 6 joueurs avec l'extension "marchands et bâtisseurs". Je suis content que cet excellent jeu sorte assez souvent au club! 😄
#j2s #boardgame #carcassonne
#j2s #boardgame #carcassonne
February 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Carcassonne à 6 joueurs avec l'extension "marchands et bâtisseurs". Je suis content que cet excellent jeu sorte assez souvent au club! 😄
#j2s #boardgame #carcassonne
#j2s #boardgame #carcassonne
Open AI aime voler mais n'aime pas être volé...
L'arroseur arrosé!
www.numerama.com/tech/1892880...
www.usine-digitale.fr/article/l-au...
L'arroseur arrosé!
www.numerama.com/tech/1892880...
www.usine-digitale.fr/article/l-au...
January 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Open AI aime voler mais n'aime pas être volé...
L'arroseur arrosé!
www.numerama.com/tech/1892880...
www.usine-digitale.fr/article/l-au...
L'arroseur arrosé!
www.numerama.com/tech/1892880...
www.usine-digitale.fr/article/l-au...
Mon jeu de l'année 2024, bravo Grégory Grard, Mathieu Roussel, Stéphane Escapa et Catchup games ! 🤩
(Après Faraway vous faites fort dans ce format. 👍)
J'en ai offert 2, et (au moins) 3 groupes d'amis l'ont acheté après une partie de découverte! 😄
#monjeudelannee #j2s #boardgame
(Après Faraway vous faites fort dans ce format. 👍)
J'en ai offert 2, et (au moins) 3 groupes d'amis l'ont acheté après une partie de découverte! 😄
#monjeudelannee #j2s #boardgame
January 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Mon jeu de l'année 2024, bravo Grégory Grard, Mathieu Roussel, Stéphane Escapa et Catchup games ! 🤩
(Après Faraway vous faites fort dans ce format. 👍)
J'en ai offert 2, et (au moins) 3 groupes d'amis l'ont acheté après une partie de découverte! 😄
#monjeudelannee #j2s #boardgame
(Après Faraway vous faites fort dans ce format. 👍)
J'en ai offert 2, et (au moins) 3 groupes d'amis l'ont acheté après une partie de découverte! 😄
#monjeudelannee #j2s #boardgame
Hi, nice cellular automata. Any chance you can share the rules you are using?
Also, I used some randomness in 1D cellular automatas, and it gave some nice patterns:
www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi...
(Also had a java version, but not working anymore)
Also, I used some randomness in 1D cellular automatas, and it gave some nice patterns:
www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi...
(Also had a java version, but not working anymore)
January 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hi, nice cellular automata. Any chance you can share the rules you are using?
Also, I used some randomness in 1D cellular automatas, and it gave some nice patterns:
www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi...
(Also had a java version, but not working anymore)
Also, I used some randomness in 1D cellular automatas, and it gave some nice patterns:
www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi...
(Also had a java version, but not working anymore)
The long delayed (sorry) judgment of last retro composing tourney held at RIFACE 2024 is online: abrobecker.free.fr/chess/Riface...
Explanation of the theme on the last two pages.
The tourney was dedicated to the late John Beasley, tireless promoter of chess beauty!
#chess #chessproblems
Explanation of the theme on the last two pages.
The tourney was dedicated to the late John Beasley, tireless promoter of chess beauty!
#chess #chessproblems
January 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The long delayed (sorry) judgment of last retro composing tourney held at RIFACE 2024 is online: abrobecker.free.fr/chess/Riface...
Explanation of the theme on the last two pages.
The tourney was dedicated to the late John Beasley, tireless promoter of chess beauty!
#chess #chessproblems
Explanation of the theme on the last two pages.
The tourney was dedicated to the late John Beasley, tireless promoter of chess beauty!
#chess #chessproblems
Mi deziras al vi unu bonan Jaron 2025! #Esperanto
January 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Mi deziras al vi unu bonan Jaron 2025! #Esperanto
Great Plains by Trevor Benjamin and Brett Gilbert, nice little combinatorial game published by Lookout Games/Funforge.
#boardgame #j2s
#boardgame #j2s
December 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Great Plains by Trevor Benjamin and Brett Gilbert, nice little combinatorial game published by Lookout Games/Funforge.
#boardgame #j2s
#boardgame #j2s
Château Combo by Gregory Grard ans Mathieu Roussel, illustrated by Stéphane Escapa and published by Catch Up games is the one I play the most and enjoy presenting to friends at the moment! 😄🃏
Card combinations, light and efficient to bring pleasure around the table! 👍
Card combinations, light and efficient to bring pleasure around the table! 👍
December 9, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Château Combo by Gregory Grard ans Mathieu Roussel, illustrated by Stéphane Escapa and published by Catch Up games is the one I play the most and enjoy presenting to friends at the moment! 😄🃏
Card combinations, light and efficient to bring pleasure around the table! 👍
Card combinations, light and efficient to bring pleasure around the table! 👍
Inkscape ( inkscape.org/fr/ ) est le logiciel de dessin vectoriel que j'utilise pour mes prototypes. J'ai fait une petite fiche d'initiation lorsque j'étais prof: abrobecker.free.fr/text/Inkscap...
December 3, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Inkscape ( inkscape.org/fr/ ) est le logiciel de dessin vectoriel que j'utilise pour mes prototypes. J'ai fait une petite fiche d'initiation lorsque j'étais prof: abrobecker.free.fr/text/Inkscap...
A game of Earth (Maxime Tardif) played with 5. You play a bit alone on your side, but that's nonetheless very pleasant ! 😄
December 1, 2024 at 8:06 PM
A game of Earth (Maxime Tardif) played with 5. You play a bit alone on your side, but that's nonetheless very pleasant ! 😄
In draughts, the player who has no move loses.
In chess, when a player has no move, the game is drawn.
What's your opinion?
Should a player without possible moves lose, or should the game be drawn? (It might depend on the type of combinatorial game?)
In chess, when a player has no move, the game is drawn.
What's your opinion?
Should a player without possible moves lose, or should the game be drawn? (It might depend on the type of combinatorial game?)
November 30, 2024 at 4:04 PM
In draughts, the player who has no move loses.
In chess, when a player has no move, the game is drawn.
What's your opinion?
Should a player without possible moves lose, or should the game be drawn? (It might depend on the type of combinatorial game?)
In chess, when a player has no move, the game is drawn.
What's your opinion?
Should a player without possible moves lose, or should the game be drawn? (It might depend on the type of combinatorial game?)
Volterra by Julien Griffon edited by Steffen Spiel. This one will need a lot of games to understand what are the strategies! 😅
November 25, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Volterra by Julien Griffon edited by Steffen Spiel. This one will need a lot of games to understand what are the strategies! 😅
Multiplayer Pentago: place a pawn of your color and rotate one plate by 90°. Aim is to align 5 of your color.
Needs a swap rule ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_rule ) and a rule not to turn the same plate back I think (?), but they are not in the rules leaflet... 🤔
Needs a swap rule ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_rule ) and a rule not to turn the same plate back I think (?), but they are not in the rules leaflet... 🤔
November 25, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Multiplayer Pentago: place a pawn of your color and rotate one plate by 90°. Aim is to align 5 of your color.
Needs a swap rule ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_rule ) and a rule not to turn the same plate back I think (?), but they are not in the rules leaflet... 🤔
Needs a swap rule ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_rule ) and a rule not to turn the same plate back I think (?), but they are not in the rules leaflet... 🤔
Testing to post on Bluesky. First a small Chess problem i created...
November 24, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Testing to post on Bluesky. First a small Chess problem i created...