#halma

[virtual-board-game-room]

Halma

A classic strategy game that is neglected next to chess and Go. Yet the tactical and strategic possibilities in Halma are in no way inferior to other brain games.

Build so-called bridges to move your pieces from your starting area completely into the target zone. You can jump over both your own and your opponent's pieces in one move as often as you have the opportunity to do so.

Interfere with your opponent by blocking their paths and squares or by moving one of your pieces at the right moment by exactly the right position.

Get the game for VBR here.

Find the real life game here.

See it on YouTube. 

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[topcat77]

Harold Halma

[zegalba]

photography by Harold Halma, 1960s

[nonsmetteredicercarmi]

Che bello cercare appartamenti però

[alliswyattonthewesternfront]

i wanna teach gregg how to play mexican train, but first i have to google it and make sure that's what it is actually called, and not a racist american name for it. this is chinese checkers all over again.

[yellowbrickramble]

Munchkin is an anachronistic joke, but all of the other board games in Nick Chopper's cabinet are period accurate.

Go, Marbles, Snakes & Ladders , and the deck of playing cards are ancient games, of course.

Gillikinese Checkers is naturally what Ozites call Stern-Halma, Travellers' Tour Through the Oz represents the 19th century board game Travellers' Tour Through the United States, and The Landlord's Game is the original version of Monopoly, coming out in 1904.

One if the obscured games might be chess. The other one could be anything.

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[philibetexcerpts]

Is there any more story about Philip's children with Princess Alice? I'm curious about the stories of their grandmother's and grandchildren's interactions.

• “When at Buckingham Palace, Alice doted on Philip’s children, Charles and Anne. They both profess considerable affection for her. To Charles Alice used to say: ‘Punctuality is the prerogative of Princes.’ The Prince of Wales recalled: ‘She used to come and lunch with us in the nursery, I remember. We were terrified if we were late. She was very strict.’ She did not discuss religion with either of them, nor ever mention her favourite Schuré book, Les Grands Initiés. ‘I remember her lecturing me about the power of the brain,’ recalled the Prince of Wales.

The Princess Royal did not regret the fact that Alice was not ‘a cuddly granny’. She was a little alarmed by her in early years, because no one, not least Alice herself, had explained the deafness. Therefore she would come and see her grandmother in her rooms on the second floor of the palace (rooms which she later occupied), finding her in a cloud of smoke – ‘I’ve known a few worse, I suppose, but not many’ – and have to gain her attention. Later, when she learned how to talk to her, they established a good rapport. To both grandchildren Alice told fascinating stories about Queen Victoria and the past.”

• “Alice was in London, staying with the Queen, while Philip was away on a two-month tour of South America. Charles welcomed a visit from his Greek grandmother, especially as she often brought stamps from Greece. He once wrote to her with a request for a postcard. He asked that she ‘pretty well fill up the card with stamps and not worry so much about the writing part’. These were good for swapping at his prep school, Cheam.

Charles was recovering from an operation to remove his appendix, so Alice paid him frequent visits in hospital, sometimes taking Anne and Andrew with her.”

• “For a time she travelled about much as before, spending weekends at Windsor Castle. It was the time when the royal family all got to know her best, including the Queen, who was particularly good to her. Charles and Anne were often at the palace or at Windsor and invariably looked in to see her. The small princes were taken to her rooms to play. When they were very small, she had alarmed the children with her deep voice. The Prince of Wales told his valet that as he grew older, he came to appreciate ‘her sense of fun and lively mind’. Alice was pleased that Charles played the cello, since Andrea had done so in his youth.”

• “In London Andrew and Edward played in Alice’s room after breakfast and lunched with her every day. ‘So nice for me, who am so lonely in Athens,’ she wrote. Young Edward used to run in and jump on his grandmother’s bed. Halma was a favourite game.”

• “It happened that Anne had not paid her usual visit to Alice on the day she died. She therefore asked the undertakers if she could go into her grandmother’s room and see her. ‘I am glad I did that. She looked very peaceful. All the lines in her face had gone and for the first time I could see the resemblance to the de László portrait.’”

This one though. Princess Anne’s last words for her Yaya was beautiful yet heartbreaking.

Everything is from Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece by Hugo Vickers btw. It’s a good read :)

[eric-the-bmo]

I realized there was a planet I didn't explore yet, so I went down there with the hopes of maybe finding another Floran dungeon. Instead, Yam eventually found a Hyotl village! He and his crew ended up doing a lot of quests there, including taking down a bounty hunter who turned out to be a masked Floran named Halma. She ended up joining the team.

Yam decided to show Katashi the Hyotl town, since he had found her all by herself. Quite a few townsfolk want to join the team, but I'm hesitant for now.

With all the money Yam had (4021 pixels), I knew I was going to eventually lose those through death, so we went to Terramart and bought some animal eggs. I've no place to raise them yet, so they're staying in storage for now.

[theworldofmakebelieve]

halma n

[haveyouplayedthisboardgame-poll]

[itsloriel]

Morning gold [EXPLORED] by peter halma

[vatemoliver]

"Little Heaven" - Encore Performance

So you all may have noticed my absence from the Internet since late last year. I think since we're coming up close to the show dates, I'd like to share more about the (now award-winning) local stage musical my brother and I are a part of called "LITTLE HEAVEN." Not only are we in it, but also the director asked me if I would be willing to record a number of the songs she wrote for the musical to put up online to drum up hype for our Encore Performance at the end of this coming August.

"LITTLE HEAVEN is set amidst the backdrop of post-World War II Poland and weaves together the stories of those most affected by the horrors of the past as they grapple to rebuild their lives."

01) - Dance Of Life

This song's one of my favourites that I helped record for Piper and Lori Distel. "Dance Of Life" is originally sung by "The Peddler," LITTLE HEAVEN's nameless narrator. He lives around Maél Niebo, an apartment complex that refugees, the lower class, and the disparaged call their home. He is their witness and takes an interest in the ever-changing events in their small Polish town.

"Told through song, scene and monologue, the stories of Maél Niebo's residents are intertwined, exploring themes of grief, hereditary bias and the power of community.

02) - Part Of The Plan

The song "Part Of The Plan" was originally sung by the co-writer and director herself, Lori Distel in the role of Tovah Hoffson, mother of Rachel and wife of Solomon Hoffson. After the horrific tragedy that displaced many of Maél Niebo's residents, Tovah tries to remind the community that there must be a blessing hidden in their tragedy. Sadly, her message is not welcomed by everyone.

Big thanks to my brother JERO (aka John Michael Kelly) for providing the voice for Tovah's opposition in the recording.

03) Justice For All

Justice For All paints the conflicting worldviews of the German father Leo Meier, and the Romani Maestro Marik Covali, who had been hired to teach music to the Meier daughters. JERO in this recording plays the voice of Leo while I provide the voice of the Maestro.

"Leo Meier, a newspaper reporter from Berlin, wrestles with the guilt he harbours for the small part he played in perpetuating the Reich's hateful message. Romani violin virtuoso, Maestro Covali, attempts to start anew following the tragic deaths of his wife and young daughters."

04) - Land Of Broken Dreams

"The Hoffson Family; father, mother, daughter. There were sons, too, in the days before. Twins. Then, there were thousands of sons. Thousands of daughters. Not anymore..."

And at last we come to one of the songs that I actually sing in the live production of the play, "Land Of Broken Dreams." Together, JERO and I play as David and Daniel Hoffson, the only of Solomon's children to die in the Holocaust. Twins were subjected to inhumane science experiments in the camps. In this song, Solomon wrestles with the guilt he feels over doing what he had to to save his children from a fate worse than death.

The play also touches on topics of queerness, love separated by religion and tradition, and hope - even when the world is at its darkest.

Other songs recorded by and mixed by Alexander W. Halma-Reed are also up wherever you listen to music. Click here to hear some more!

LITTLE HEAVEN Music and Lyrics by Lori Robinson Distel and Book by Piper J. Distel. Orchestrations by Alexander W. Halma-Reed. The show goes live August 29-September 2, 2024 at The Guelph Little Theatre in Guelph, Ontario Canada.

[stegal]

Üzenetek halma, hogy ma maradtál volna inkább odahaza..

[callias-w]

Am I the only one that shipps Halara with Yuma? What would that be called? Halma? Yulara? Yumara? Kokomare? Kokomare sounds kinda right

What shipps are there? I've seen people say Vivia with Yakou and Clockmare (Fubuki with Halara) but not much else

[nonsmetteredicercarmi]

Posso iniziare a crederci o mi conviene aspettare di essere definitivamente lì? 🥹🥹🥹

[alliswyattonthewesternfront]

it's wild that we brought the game sternhalma over from germany and started calling it "chinese checkers". american innovation at its finest.