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Volity Gamut is a Java-based client for talking to the Volity system.

Volity is a framework for developing online multiplayer games. Servers are written in Perl or Python, and the user interface for each game is written in a combination of SVG and ECMAScript. The client automatically downloads the proper UI for any game, allowing you to play games such as Hex, Fluxx, and Aquarius without any further intervention.

While most current games are board and card games, many different game types can be implemented and deployed within the Volity framework.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: JRE 1.4 or above

Vulcan lets you play against the computer a chess variant inspired by a certain well known sci-fi TV series.

License: free

w3Chess is for people with less time. You can make your chess move with your web browser and it is send to you and the other player via mail.

It's not like a "real" match, but you can do a move whenever you have the time. At home, not at work, at school....

The secondary goal is KISS... Keep it stupid simple!

License: free

Additional System Requirements: You'll need some kind of web-browser and email reader.
At least w3m and pine is quite good, or use your mobile phone...
On server side, you don't need any special programs or stupid and often expansive services like php or any kind of sql server.

This is an X version of the arcade game Ataxx with simple graphics. The object is to have the most pieces of your color on the board by the end of the game. On your turn, you can either clone a glob into an adjacent empty square, or make a glob jump to a new space. Adjacent enemy globs get converted to your color after you make your move.

License: free

XBoard is a graphical user interface for chess and loads and saves games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). It serves as a front-end for many different chess services, including chess engines such as GNU Chess or Crafty, chess servers such as ICS or FICS, or the included correspondence chess automation program Cmail.

License: free

Xiangqi is the chinese variant of chess. It is as complex as western chess, but still easy to learn if you know 'usual' chess.

The project already includes the following features and is fully playable:
Play against computer (still easy to beat)
Play against human across network
User interface only available only in text yet.

You are welcome to test this game and report any bug, incorrect rules, or implement your own AI.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: g++ 2.95 (will not compile with previous versions)