Re: [pbmserv] Quoridor tournament coming up

[Randall Bart <barticus@att.net>]

'Twas 05:10 PM -0600 on Sunday 1/4/2004 when markthom wrote:
> Barticus suggested playing with a limit of 9 walls per player instead of 
> the standard 10. So far the voting on this idea stands at: 2 in favor of 9 
> walls per player, 4 in favor of 10 walls per player, and 4 with no 
> preference. Let me know if you have a preference either way.

I would like a player who supports the ten fence rule to offer a reason why 
he supports it.  It's not that Quoridor has a long tradition.  The rules of 
Chess went through many centuries of evolution.  Games we would recognize 
as Chess date back 1500 years,  Yet the Queen was the less powerful 
Counselor until the 15th century, en passant was not widely used until the 
18th century.  In the late 19th century, some people were campaigning to 
save the rule that a pawn may only be promoted to a major piece which had 
been removed from the board.  It was 1904 (just a century ago) when 
international standardization won out, and extra queens were universally 
allowed.  (And in India some people play without the two square first move 
for the pawn, and thus without en passant.)

Quoridor is still in its infancy.  Other than a history, why do people 
favor 10 fences over 9?

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