INTERACTIVE GAMES
by David Parlett, programmed in Java by Eric Solomon
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The Puzzle of OzFive objects each of five different colours are delivered to you one at a time at random and your aim is to place all 25 on the board so that no two of the same colour adjoin each other vertically, horizontally or diagonally. The first four already occupy the outermost compass-point squares when you start.
QuizlDeduce which of the five rows or columns contains a genuine 5-letter word. The other 24 letters are arranged at random and no letter is duplicated. At each turn you click on a blank square and either ask which letter it contains, or guess which letter you think is there. For the full rules of this pencil-and-paper game click on my word game page.
Double OzThe more fiendish version of Oz. This time each of five different shapes comes in five different colours, and you must avoid placing two of the same shape and colour next to each other.
KnightcapIt's you versus the computer in this two-player game. Play starts with 63 identically-coloured knights on a chessboard, and at each turn you capture one or more of them by jumping. In case you want to play it at home with any 63 identical pieces you can see the full rules in this downloadable pdf.
January 2012. Click on
Eric Solomon for more Java games, including 50 more Quizls
