Aaron Dalton wrote:
2) In the 4-player version, does early withdrawl ruin the game?
Yes.
It seems to me that the game can continue as normal and that person's score would simply be discounted when determining a winner.
As in regular chess, players are not allowed to pass. (Although the PwP rules don't state this anywhere). As soon as the turn comes around to the missing player, the game is ruined. Simply skipping the missing player mans that pieces moved into the missing player's zone will not be moved out, which is a significant change to the nature of the game. -- Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans eeyore@xxxxxxxx