I don't play Alquerque much anymore, because the board is too large, and it frustrates me to scroll up and down constantly to see the whole board. I enjoy the game, though! If Fencer shrinks it, in the future Groeneveld, I will start playing again.

Oh, I was looking at it wrong too...

have you asked your opponent for a draw already, with an explanation of why it's a draw???

I think I have heard of Fencer "drawing" games for people in a situation like that when one person refuses a definite draw.. but maybe I imagined it.. Worth a try though.. :-)

Well, the MATCH will be a draw...

lol.. you're allowed..

Huh?? we are talking about the size of the game boards... not discussion boards..

Fencer plans on shrinking both the Jarmo and Alquerque boards at some point. At least that's what he said after the games were first added.

For me, the size of the graphics keeps me from playing it much now.. Takes WAY too long to load on webtv, and I hate scrolling back and forth to see the whole thing, to decide on my move..

So, I'm wondering what the progress is on making the graphics smaller?

Come on Fencer, you don't have much to do! LOL...

He plans on shrinking them eventually. I hope it is soon, because it is such a pain to play the game having to scroll up and down to see the whole board..

I personally like Alquerque a lot. I didn't think I would, because it seemed so much like checkers, and I don't care for checkers. I'm looking forward to getting better at this game!

LOL... i figured it out at the same time you were typing BBW.. thanks

Oh, I see... you are saying if you have TWO pieces left... hmm.. okay..

The rules also say you cannot move to a space previously occupied ????? so eventually they will reach the end of that 2nd row, and will HAVE to move into the final row

"If a pawn reaches the opposite side of the board (the last row), it cannot make any more moves and must stay there to the end of a game (unless it can jump, see next sections)"

i went and copied and pasted... That's why I don't think there is any "natural" draw... only an agreement between 2 people who don't want to see the game to completion..

but how can they go back and forth??? Don't the rules say that once in the last row, they can only move horizontally if there is a jump???

Why would there be a draw in this game? Maybe I'm just not thinking right now..