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[[FILE:Zillions_of_games.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zillions_of_games.jpg| Zillions of Games 2.0 Start Screen <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillions_of_Games Zillions of Games - Wikipedia]</ref>]]
'''Zillions of Games''',<br/>
a commercial [[General Game Playing|general game playing]] [[Windows]] program developed by [[Jeff Mallett]] and [[Mark Lefler]] to play [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_strategy_game abstract strategy] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game board games] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_information perfect information] and up to 32 players, first released in 1998. Zillions of Games '''2''', released in 2003, comes with 100 new features, able to enforce maximal capturing rules as used in some versions of [[Checkers]], and is packed with 350 board games, puzzles, and variants <ref>[http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games.html Zillions of Games - How Many Games?]</ref>, including chess and 60 [[Chess#Variants|chess variants]]. Zillions further supports randomness in games through a special, computer-controlled "random player" that chooses its moves randomly, which allows to simulate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dice_games dice games].
=Zillions Rules Language=
<span id="ZRF"></span>The game rules are specified by the Zillons rules language, persistant in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII ASCII] readable Zillion rules files with the extension '''zrf''' <ref>[[Jeff Mallett]] ('''2003'''). ''ZRF Language References''. [http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring06/cps108/Assignments/06_vooga/zrf.pdf pdf]</ref>, based on [[Lisp]] like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression S-expressions]:
<pre>
(game
(title "...")
(players ...) ; up to 32
(turn-order ... )
(board .... )
(piece ... ; up to 32
(moves ...)
)
(board-setup ...)
(draw-condition ...)
(win-condition ...)
)
)
(game ...)
</pre>
Besides defining how pieces move, Zillions can define how pieces may be dropped. All piece and board graphics referred in the rule files, are required in Windows [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format BMP format].
=Selected Games=
==Chess & Variants==
* [[Chess]]
* [[Chinese Chess]]
* [[Crazyhouse]]
* [[Knightmate Chess|Knightmate]]
* [[Losing Chess]]
* [[Shatranj]]
* [[Shogi]]
==Board Games==
* [[Arimaa]]
* [[Breakthrough (Game)|Breakthrough]]
* [[Checkers]]
* [[Clobber]]
* [[Go]]
* [[Hex]]
* [[Kalah]]
* [[Lines of Action]]
* [[Othello|Reversi]]
* [[Nine Men’s Morris]]
==Puzzles==
* [[Backtracking#8QinBitboards|Eight Queens Problem]]
* [[Knight Pattern|Knight's Tour]]
=See also=
* [[General Game Playing#GDL|Game Description Language]]
* [[Games]]
=Publications=
* [[Jeff Mallett]] ('''2003'''). ''ZRF Language References''. [http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring06/cps108/Assignments/06_vooga/zrf.pdf pdf]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2003'''). ''Computer-Aided Game Inventing''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Jena Friedrich Schiller University of Jena], [http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/preprints/althoefer_03/CAGI.pdf pdf]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2004'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304397503005851 Improved game play by multiple computer hints]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_%28journal%29 Theoretical Computer Science], Vol. 313, No. 3
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=372641 moderation:question about allowed discussions] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], June 26, 2004
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=372708 Re: Zillions of Games is fantastic] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], June 26, 2004 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen Nina Hagen from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://www.kanzlei-bezzenberger.de/jb.html BEZZENBERGER Rechtsanwälte - Kanzlei für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Urheber- und Medienrecht]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18309 Zillions of Games and WinBoard] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], December 11, 2007
=External Links=
* [http://www.zillionsofgames.com/index.html Zillions of Games - Unlimited Board Games & Puzzles]
: [http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games.html Zillions of Games - How Many Games?]
: [http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games/ Zillions of Games - Free Games for Download]
: [http://www.zillions-of-games.com/games/index-tripartite.html Zillions of Games - 2358 Free Games for Download]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillions_of_Games Zillions of Games - Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chessvariants.org/programs.dir/zillions/ Zillions of Games] from [http://www.chessvariants.org/ Chessvariants.org]
* [http://karlscherer.com/Zillions/swindex2.html 600 Zillions Games] by [[Karl Scherer]]
* [http://andreas.pbworks.com/w/page/27366687/WinBoard%20Adapter%20for%20Zillions%20of%20Games WinBoard Adapter for Zillions of Games] by [[Andreas Kaufmann]]
* [http://www.althofer.de/galton-game.html Galton Game] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
=References=
<references />
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[[FILE:Zillions_of_games.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zillions_of_games.jpg| Zillions of Games 2.0 Start Screen <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillions_of_Games Zillions of Games - Wikipedia]</ref>]]
'''Zillions of Games''',<br/>
a commercial [[General Game Playing|general game playing]] [[Windows]] program developed by [[Jeff Mallett]] and [[Mark Lefler]] to play [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_strategy_game abstract strategy] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game board games] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_information perfect information] and up to 32 players, first released in 1998. Zillions of Games '''2''', released in 2003, comes with 100 new features, able to enforce maximal capturing rules as used in some versions of [[Checkers]], and is packed with 350 board games, puzzles, and variants <ref>[http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games.html Zillions of Games - How Many Games?]</ref>, including chess and 60 [[Chess#Variants|chess variants]]. Zillions further supports randomness in games through a special, computer-controlled "random player" that chooses its moves randomly, which allows to simulate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dice_games dice games].
=Zillions Rules Language=
<span id="ZRF"></span>The game rules are specified by the Zillons rules language, persistant in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII ASCII] readable Zillion rules files with the extension '''zrf''' <ref>[[Jeff Mallett]] ('''2003'''). ''ZRF Language References''. [http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring06/cps108/Assignments/06_vooga/zrf.pdf pdf]</ref>, based on [[Lisp]] like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression S-expressions]:
<pre>
(game
(title "...")
(players ...) ; up to 32
(turn-order ... )
(board .... )
(piece ... ; up to 32
(moves ...)
)
(board-setup ...)
(draw-condition ...)
(win-condition ...)
)
)
(game ...)
</pre>
Besides defining how pieces move, Zillions can define how pieces may be dropped. All piece and board graphics referred in the rule files, are required in Windows [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format BMP format].
=Selected Games=
==Chess & Variants==
* [[Chess]]
* [[Chinese Chess]]
* [[Crazyhouse]]
* [[Knightmate Chess|Knightmate]]
* [[Losing Chess]]
* [[Shatranj]]
* [[Shogi]]
==Board Games==
* [[Arimaa]]
* [[Breakthrough (Game)|Breakthrough]]
* [[Checkers]]
* [[Clobber]]
* [[Go]]
* [[Hex]]
* [[Kalah]]
* [[Lines of Action]]
* [[Othello|Reversi]]
* [[Nine Men’s Morris]]
==Puzzles==
* [[Backtracking#8QinBitboards|Eight Queens Problem]]
* [[Knight Pattern|Knight's Tour]]
=See also=
* [[General Game Playing#GDL|Game Description Language]]
* [[Games]]
=Publications=
* [[Jeff Mallett]] ('''2003'''). ''ZRF Language References''. [http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring06/cps108/Assignments/06_vooga/zrf.pdf pdf]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2003'''). ''Computer-Aided Game Inventing''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Jena Friedrich Schiller University of Jena], [http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/preprints/althoefer_03/CAGI.pdf pdf]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2004'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304397503005851 Improved game play by multiple computer hints]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_%28journal%29 Theoretical Computer Science], Vol. 313, No. 3
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=372641 moderation:question about allowed discussions] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], June 26, 2004
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=372708 Re: Zillions of Games is fantastic] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], June 26, 2004 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen Nina Hagen from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://www.kanzlei-bezzenberger.de/jb.html BEZZENBERGER Rechtsanwälte - Kanzlei für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Urheber- und Medienrecht]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18309 Zillions of Games and WinBoard] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], December 11, 2007
=External Links=
* [http://www.zillionsofgames.com/index.html Zillions of Games - Unlimited Board Games & Puzzles]
: [http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games.html Zillions of Games - How Many Games?]
: [http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games/ Zillions of Games - Free Games for Download]
: [http://www.zillions-of-games.com/games/index-tripartite.html Zillions of Games - 2358 Free Games for Download]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillions_of_Games Zillions of Games - Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chessvariants.org/programs.dir/zillions/ Zillions of Games] from [http://www.chessvariants.org/ Chessvariants.org]
* [http://karlscherer.com/Zillions/swindex2.html 600 Zillions Games] by [[Karl Scherer]]
* [http://andreas.pbworks.com/w/page/27366687/WinBoard%20Adapter%20for%20Zillions%20of%20Games WinBoard Adapter for Zillions of Games] by [[Andreas Kaufmann]]
* [http://www.althofer.de/galton-game.html Galton Game] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
=References=
<references />
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