Detailed Game Information
Byte (Jump Right In!)
| Designer/Publisher: | Mark Steere | ||||||||||
| Rules: | http://www.marksteeregames.com/Byte_rules.pdf (Local) | ||||||||||
| Date Added: | 2005 Aug 19 | ||||||||||
| Boardgame Geek Entry: | 19360 | ||||||||||
| SDG Wiki Page: | http://wiki.superdupergames.org/games/byte | ||||||||||
| SDG Rank: | 91 (-1 points, 17 votes) | ||||||||||
| Keywords (edit): | 2 Players Only, 8x8 Board, Stacks | ||||||||||
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An AI opponent is available for this game!
Byte is played with either a Standard or International Checkers set. It is not a variant, but a unique and robust alternative. Over the course of the game players create stacks of pieces. When a stack of 8 is formed, the stack is removed from play and the person who owns the top piece receives a point. The player with the most points at the end wins! No draws are possible.
| Username | Rating | Comments |
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| lucacerrato | 2 | |
| xoet | 2 | this is the best game I have played I think it is better then chess. |
| CDRodeffer | 1 | Byte is a tactical game where the most important elements appear to be tempo and parity. Winning usually happens by one player forcing the other into zugzwang. |
| Coyote | 1 | |
| jeep | 1 | |
| Jesse | 1 | |
| lambda | 1 | |
| Aaron | 0 | |
| aliceabusmus | 0 | I'm not sure the opening is any more opaque than standard checkers to a beginner. After a few games, I'm guessing there are starting positions that make it easier to see a few moves ahead. In checkers, all your non-kings move the same direction making it easier to see all your possible moves at a glance rather than having to work out which is the closest piece to which. |
| Laurie_Menke | 0 | If you like chess, you'll probably like Byte. |
| dralius | -1 | |
| Hedge_o_Matic | -1 | This game sounds fun, but it isn't. |
| nycavri | -1 | A brain burner. |
| unic | -1 | Byte has interesting bits... but is too opaque, and tends to become more of a puzzle than a game. |
| Cerulean | -2 | Painful to play. The learning curve is nearly vertical. Byte may be deep and subtle, but it's far from fun. |
| jonah | -2 | |
| Lexicon | -2 |
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