From: Becky Chan <blchan@internetivity.com>
Date: 23 Oct 1996 01:39:58 -0400
Organization: ciwa
Tantrix, The Strategy Game is now playable at
<URL:http://www.InterNetivity.com/games.html>
Tantrix, described as a cross between Backgammon and Go, challenges
players to create paths of specific colours using a set of 56
hexagonal tiles. Each tile has a unique design of red, green, blue and
yellow links. Tantrix is playable by 1 - 4 players.
Tantrix won the Paris Toy Fair 1994 award for the best new game, and the
1995 German SPIEL GUT award. Over one million copies of Tantrix have
been sold world-wide since its launch in 1993.
Tantrix On-line offers engaging puzzles for single players, but the real
appeal is the multi-player game. Players can mingle in the Game Lobby
to find other players. Game results are recorded in the official
Tantrix Ranking system, which ranks players globally and allows others
to easily challenge them by e-mail.
One innovative twist is the ability to e-mail a Tantrix puzzle applet to
friends who use Netscape e-mail. When sent, the puzzle, along with a
personalized message, will appear in the friend's Netscape Inbox and will be
immediately playable.
There is no fee for playing. All clients - the Game Lobby, Tantrix
Puzzle, and Tantrix Game - were written in Java and are playable with
any Java-capable Browser.
--
Kate McDonnell, moderator, comp.infosystems.www.announce
<www-announce@boutell.com>
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