From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2009-06-02T05:59:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Games for Programmers

On Jun 1, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Eleanor McHugh wrote:

> On 1 Jun 2009, at 20:23, James Gray wrote:
>> On Jun 1, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Daniel Berger wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a list of board or card games that are based, more or less,  
>>> on computer programming, along with a description. The games range  
>>> from obscure to humorous.
>>
>> While not strictly programming, RoboRally is easily the favorite of  
>> my programming friends for programming-like fun:
>>
>> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18
>
> And a very amusing game to watch a room of drunk non-techies trying  
> to learn :)

We had a non-geek friend who had so much trouble with right and left  
in that game that she tied a piece of foil to her robot's right hand  
as a reminder.  I wish I could say it helped.  :)

James Edward Gray II