Jishaku

Combine the simplicity of checkers, the strategy of Othello, and the unpredictable nature of invisible forces and you have the game Jishaku (the Japanese word for magnet).

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Combine the simplicity of checkers, the strategy of Othello, and the unpredictable nature of invisible forces and you have the game Jishaku (the Japanese word for magnet).

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Combine the simplicity of checkers, the strategy of Othello, and the unpredictable nature of invisible forces and you have the game Jishaku (the Japanese word for magnet).

All articles at Blogcritics 2008

Combine the simplicity of checkers, the strategy of Othello, and the unpredictable nature of invisible forces and you have the game Jishaku (the Japanese word for magnet).

All articles at Blogcritics 2008

Combine the simplicity of checkers, the strategy of Othello, and the unpredictable nature of invisible forces and you have the game Jishaku (the Japanese word for magnet).

All articles at Blogcritics 2008

Combine the simplicity of checkers, the strategy of Othello, and the unpredictable nature of invisible forces and you have the game Jishaku (the Japanese word for magnet).

All articles at Blogcritics 2008

Combine the simplicity of checkers, the strategy of Othello, and the unpredictable nature of invisible forces and you have the game Jishaku (the Japanese word for magnet).

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Jishaku, played with magnets, also was a popular stop for children and parents.

unknown title BY <a href=mailto:mhoulihan@suntimes.com>MARY HOU 2009

Knowing that each of the Jishaku stones are magnetic dipoles and that the force between two pairs of poles falls off proportional to the inverse fourth power of the distance between them does not give you a strategic edge in Jishaku no matter how many mental calculations you make.

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Watching the magnets become animated and jump off the board and stick to each other is startling and lends a slightly supernatural quality to Jishaku.

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