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Sirius is a program for playing the game of othello. The program includes an AI (Artificial Intelligence) opponent which plays at a very challenging level and is actually quite hard to beat. The AI opponent's strength can therefore be adjusted in several ways to give you a suitable opponent.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: GNOME

Six plays Hex a deceptively simple board game from the family of connectivity games (Twixt, Bridge-it). The rules of the game are simple and few. Two players - one with black and one with white - alternate placing marks on a board of hexagonal cells. Black's goal is to connect the two opposite black sides of the board with black pieces. White's goal is to connect the white sides of the board with white pieces.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: KDE2 or KDE3

Slibo aims to be a comfortable chess interface for KDE. Designed to be usable as a replacement for the xboard chess interface, it has much more functionality, and, on the other hand, is easy to use. Slibo can be used with common chess engines like crafty or gnuchess, but it provides its own chess engine too. You can

• Play against different engines, or watch them playing.
• Use multiple engines at the same time, for instance to analyze a game with different engines.
• Analyze your PGN files.
• Customize the look of the pieces and the board.

  License: free
  
  Additional System Requirements:
  

• Kde >=3
• Qt >=3
• gcc >=3
• sqlite
• OpenGL

The Small Rockets version of Backgammon has a host of features including multiple skill levels and game options, and should appeal equally to the Backgammon beginner as to the experienced player.

• The classic board game presented with stylish graphics and accessible game play
• Easy to follow manual tutorial for beginners
• Play on Novice, Intermediate or Expert levels
• Challenge the computer, or play against a friend on the same computer or via a network or the Internet using Gamespy Arcade
• Choose from 4 board styles - Traditional, Marble, Metal and Wooden
• Recognition of gammons and backgammons
• Optional doubling cube for raising stakes

License: shareware ($15)

With Sudoku Sensei 2.0 you will enjoy playing with sudoku boards designed by yourself. You can choose different levels of difficulty and different levels of help. It will allways provide hints with a logical explanation whenever you get stalled. Like other sudoku games, Sudoku Sensei 2.0 allows you to generate new games or type them in, save and load games, peek at the solution, print the game, undo/redo, and other common features. It includes a Tutorial for playing sudoku, and a Manual for the program usage.

License: free

Sulk is a recreation of a popular and now out-of-print boardgame called Space Hulk.

The 'good' player in Space Hulk controls a squad or two of Space Marines, human soldiers in Terminator armour (a thick exoskeleton). The 'evil' player controls endless hordes of Genestealers, vicious aliens who steadily reinforce throughout the game. The setting is a huge spaceship (hulk) which is infested with Stealers and, as such, poses a threat to humanity.

The Space Marines must skilfully employ their firepower to prevent the numerous Stealers from getting too close. The Genestealers are ferocious in close-quarters combat but can't use ranged weapons at all. Because of the unequal standing of the two sides in many missions, Space Hulk is well suited to match play (where the players switch sides, playing each scenario through twice or more).

License: free

Additional System Requirements: