cfuw 142: limbo.

[cfuw_shepherd]

[you are locked in a small room underground with no air conditioning and several TVs with video feeds to the game.

enjoy.]

Comments

[captainkink]

Well, the ones we use in the future are different.

[trickor]

[frowns, pursing his lips]

Describe it to me.

[captainkink]

There's like three boards on top of each other.

[trickor]

[hm.

waves the pieces away, first, and the holds his hand flat above the board, parallel, then slowly pulls up, two boards coming up with it, hovering evenly spaced apart]

[captainkink]

Yeah, something like that!

[trickor]

And the board was...checkered? Evenly, yes?

[flicks a finger, and every other square goes dark]

[captainkink]

That's right.

[trickor]

[tilts his head, examining the board]

How does the king find his escape? Can he move up and down?

[captainkink]

He can only move up.

[trickor]

So he starts at the bottom? ...Interesting.

[captainkink]

Yeah.

[trickor]

Hm.

[PUTS A PIECE DOWN]

[captainkink]

What?

[trickor]

The goal of this is to...?

[captainkink]

It's a strategy game. Capture the king to win.

[trickor]

For...both players?

[captainkink]

Yep. We both have kings.

[trickor]

Strange.

[captainkink]

Why is that?

[trickor]

In tafl, the game is determined by the capture or escape of the king.

[captainkink]

Yeah, and?

[trickor]

There is but one king.

[captainkink]

Not for this game.

[trickor]

Hm.

[captainkink]

What?