{"id":50508,"date":"2016-05-31T20:30:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T20:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=50508"},"modified":"2016-05-31T20:30:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T20:30:29","slug":"on-the-felicities-of-graph-based-game-board-design-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=50508","title":{"rendered":"On the felicities of graph-based game-board design &#8211; seven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; the series continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=50254\">six<\/a> ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>What a pleasure to discover <strong>Matt Damon<\/strong> does graph theory in his spare time!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Matt-Damon-draws-graphs.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Damon draws graphs\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Matt-Damon-draws-graphs.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Matt-Damon-draws-graphs-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; or that the female face. similarly, is viewed by some as the basis for graphical analysis:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Facial-recognition.png\" alt=\"Facial recognition\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Facial-recognition.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Facial-recognition-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; and that even war-gaming boards, such as this one from PAXsims&#8217; <strong>ISIS Crisis<\/strong> game, can feature the node and edge \/ circle and line format, along with cards, dice, hexagons&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Geek-and-Sundry.jpeg\" alt=\"Geek and Sundry\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Geek-and-Sundry.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Geek-and-Sundry-300x186.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<li><strong>Matt Damon<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Good-Will-Hunting-DVD-Digital\/dp\/B004SIP7ZS\/\">Good Will Hunting<\/a>\n<li><strong>PBS Digital<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S5AeqYfcb7w\">The vague Horror of Face-Swap<\/a>\n<li><strong>Geek &#038; Sundry<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geekandsundry.com\/can-gaming-improve-strategic-military-planning\/\">Can Gaming Inporove Strategic Military Planning?<\/a>\n<li>Incidentally, I have a brief exchange with <strong>Rex Brynen<\/strong> in the comments section at <a href=\"https:\/\/paxsims.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/30\/isis-crisis-at-geek-sundry\/\">PAXsims<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Previous posts in this series:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sembl.net\/2014\/03\/on-the-felicities-of-graph-based-game-board-design-preliminaries\/\">On the felicities of graph-based game-board design: preliminaries<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sembl.net\/2014\/03\/on-the-felicities-of-graph-based-game-board-design-two-dazzlers\/\">On the felicities of graph-based game-board design: two dazzlers<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sembl.net\/2015\/08\/on-the-felicities-of-graph-based-game-board-design-three\/\">On the felicities of graph-based game-board design: three<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sembl.net\/2015\/09\/on-the-felicities-of-graph-based-game-board-design-four\/\">On the felicities of graph-based game-board design: four<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=47254\">On the felicities of graph-based game-board design: five<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=50254\">On the felicities of graph-based game-board design: six<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; the series continues from six ] . 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