John Lawson wrote on Mon, Apr 22, 2002 01:03 PM UTC:
Regarding notation, I had developed a scheme to use when playing via email.
I have pasted the essence of it below. I like the way Moussambani records
moves, but check out my scheme for tracking ichor on an ASCII diagram.
Nemoroth notation and ASCII diagrams ver.1.0
Mobile piece symbols-
Alabaster
B - Basilisk
G - Ghast
L - Leaf Pile
A - Go Away
W - Wounded Fiend
H - Human
Z - Zombie
Obsidian
b - Basilisk
g - Ghast
l - Leaf Pile
a - Go Away
w - Wounded Fiend
h - Human
z - Zombie
Immobile piece symbols-
M - Mummy
Alabaster
pB - Petrified Basilisk
pG - Petrified Ghast
pL - Petrified Leaf Pile
pA - Petrified Go Away
pW - Petrified Wounded Fiend
pH - Petrified Human
Obsidian
pb - Petrified Basilisk
pg - Petrified Ghast
pl - Petrified Leaf Pile
pa - Petrified Go Away
pw - Petrified Wounded Fiend
ph - Petrified Human
Square types-
Empty squares - empty squares, no special notation needed
Ghastly squares - determined relative to Ghast, no special notation
needed
Basilisk squares - determined relative to Basilisk, no special notation
needed
Multiple occupancy squares - occupants are listed on the first two lines
of square. There is room for six in each square of the diagram.
Ichorous squares - are denoted by an 'I' in the lower left corner,
followed by the number of plies remaining until ichor evaporates. In play,
when a Wounded Fiend moves, the player moving puts 'I 10' in the
appropriate squares. Each turn, the player on move decrements the numBer
by 1 until it reaches 0 and the ichor has evaporated.
Example -
+------+
| M wpb|
|pH |
| I 6 |
+------+
This square contains:
Mummy
Obsidian Wounded Fiend
Petrified Obsidian Basilisk
Petrified Alabaster Human
Ichor that will evaporate in six plies (three turns)
Notating moves -
This is done the normal way, except indicate petrification by Basilisk,
engulfment by Leaf Pile, or destruction by Zombie like captures. When a Go
Away pushes pieces, just list the moves as if the pieces had moved
voluntarily. Also indicate any petrification, engulfment, or destruction
as a result of the push.