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Condensed list of Mark Steere games.  This list includes all the games on the main pages and some other games I used to list.  Over time some games grow at an accelerated pace.  These are the games I tend to highlight on the main pages.

ABSTRACT GAMES
BYTE	Passive stacks.  Splendid architecture.  Claim 2 out of 3 stacks of 8 checkers.
CEPHALOPOD	Clever dice mechanism.  The dice in Cephalopod are used as playing pieces  Capture from within.
COPOLYMER	Multiple cells claimed per turn.  Subtle strategy.
DIFFUSION	Original seed sowing mechanism.  Fundamentally different from traditional Mancala games.
DIPOLE	Attacking game.  Game of annihilation for Checkers set.
FLUME (square)	Territory.  Closesly related to Dots and Boxes.
FLUME (hex hex)	Territory.  Closesly related to Dots and Boxes.
IMPASSE	Armies march through each other.  Win by desertion.
MOSAIC	Tile game.  Game of aggression and territory.
OUST	Magnificent architecture.  Very innovative game of annihilation.
PALISADE	Claim territory with "palisades".  Form fences (stone path enclosures) to surround territory.
RUSH	Fast paced.  Multiple stones added per turn.  Fast paced game.
SCRIBE	Pattern forming.  No ties.  Form patterns on an array of 3x3 grids.
TANBO	Game of roots.  Grow root-like formations of like-colored stones.

CONNECTION GAMES
ANCHOR 2D	Triangular board with two triangular holes.  Form connections among board edges and hole edges.
ANCHOR 3D	3D board with three symmetrically arranged holes.  Form connections among hole edges.
ATOLL	A game of islands.  Connect islands of your color with paths of your stones.
BEGIRD	Generalized form of Y.  Begird has 6 or more (multiples of 3) perimeter segments.
GRAND HEX	A complication added to Hex. Still a very simple game.
HEX KB	Four dimensional game.  Uses a 4D "portal".
LARIAT	One of the simplest games.  The HYL triad: Hex, Y, and Lariat.
LOOPHOLE 2D	Rhombus shaped board with two rhombus shaped holes.  Form connections between board edges and hole edges.
LOOPHOLE 3D	3D board with three symmetrically arranged square holes.  Form connections among hole edges.
MOBIUS	Mobius strip.  Connections are formed between colored segments along the edge of a mobius strip.
SUPER LARIAT	Highly unusual geometry.  "Lasso" two of the three crystal shape spars with a double ended lariat of stones.

MISCELLANEOUS GAMES
BLOOD DIAMONDS	Natural resource management game.  It has a theme, rolled dice, and was designed for online play.
CROSSWAY	Draw free connection game for Go set.  Eight directions of connectivity.
OUST (square grid)	Magnificent architecture.  Same as Oust (hex grid) but square grid.
QUADRATURE	My first game (1992).   Quadrature is based on an interesting "squaring" mechanism.
VARIABLE TRUMP TUTE	Rock-Paper-Scissors meets Spanish classic, Tute.  Whimsical variant.
X	Three player game.  Form an X shaped path, among other possibilities.

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