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Mouse and Elephant A game information page . Large variant of the Jungle game.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Mike Nelson wrote on Fri, Jan 10, 2003 08:25 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I think this game really captures the spirit of Shou Dou Qi but is much
more playable.  I like the moderate amount of randomness--small enough
that you can take it into account in your tactical calculations. On the
skill vs. luck spectrum Mouse and Elephant will be closer to Chess than to
Backgammon--an area of that spectrum not often seen in board games (other
than wargames).

I also love the mutual Queen capture as draw condition.  Personally I
think Chess-like games should have the possibility of a draw, though it
should not be overly frequent.  Were it possible to design CV's with this
level of precision, I would like odds of 45-45-10 best.

Moussambani wrote on Sat, Jan 11, 2003 03:51 PM UTC:
Are you saying Backgammon is all luck?

This is not a thing to discuss in this site, but I can tell you skill is
highly important in Backgammon.

Mike Nelson wrote on Sat, Jan 11, 2003 05:15 PM UTC:
A clarification: Backgammon does indeed involve a great deal of skill--I know, I play the game. In fact, I chose it as the opposite end of the spectrum because it has the highest proportion of luck <i>among games that have a high proportion of skill</i>

(zzo38) A. Black wrote on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 04:05 AM UTC:
It seems to be broken link.

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