Bruno D.
United States
New York
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I've always allowed this to happen, i.e. a stack containing a DVONN piece can move to another stack containing another DVONN piece. I see nothing wrong with this based on my interpretation of the rules and the many games I've played with different people in the last few years.
However, someone brought this up the other day in a game and, well didn't want to get into an argument really, so I let it pass. No big deal.
First, have I been wrong all this time ?
If not, does anyone know if this is a house rule or variant out there ?
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Olav F.
Netherlands
Beverwijk
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You're right: there is no problem with two or even 3 DVONN pieces in a stack.
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Rob Rob
United States
La Mesa
California
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I second that - you are quite right.
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Dvonn Yinsh
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
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You are 100% correct. There is no limit to the number of red Dvonn pieces that can go on one stack.
I'm not aware of any house rule or variant that would limit this.
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Russ Williams
Poland
Wrocław
Dolny Śląsk
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teg2 wrote: However, someone brought this up the other day in a game and, well didn't want to get into an argument really, so I let it pass. No big deal.
In such cases where the rules of the game are as short and clear as Dvonn's, I simply say "I've never met anyone else who plays it that way, so let's check in the rules." That always solves the question in about a minute, with no argument unless the guy is just an argumentative person anyway. 
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Bruno D.
United States
New York
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Hey guys .. Thank you all for your responses. I just noticed I didn't reply promptly.
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Chris Buhl
United States
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
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olavf wrote: 3 DVONN pieces in a stack.
This is my fiance's DVONN dream. I contend that it could almost never happen, as by the time three DVONN stacks get together they'd be huge and immobile, but we've only played a few times. Has anyone seen this in a game? What happened then - the owner of the triple DVONN stack just tried to isolate it from everything for the win? A mad dash to stack on top of it? The temporary cessation of gravity and/or other laws of physics?
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Sven Teuber
Germany
Düsseldorf
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fatgreta wrote: by the time three DVONN stacks get together they'd be huge and immobile
Not necessarily. Imagine something like this:
xDxDxDx
The three DVONN-pieces two fields apart each. That way, you can have the outer two stacks with the DVONN plus one additional piece (stack size = 2), the inner DVONN piece on it's own. Move them together in the middle to get a 5 piece stack that can be quite mobile.
Yes, it's artifical, but it could happen in a game this way or another.
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Russ Williams
Poland
Wrocław
Dolny Śląsk
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Figilano wrote: fatgreta wrote: by the time three DVONN stacks get together they'd be huge and immobile Not necessarily. Imagine something like this: xDxDxDx The three DVONN-pieces two fields apart each. That way, you can have the outer two stacks with the DVONN plus one additional piece (stack size = 2), the inner DVONN piece on it's own. Move them together in the middle to get a 5 piece stack that can be quite mobile. Yes, it's artifical, but it could happen in a game this way or another.
In theory it could also happen that you have a stack with just 4 pieces, including the 3 red disks. White disk jumps one to the right onto Dvonn, then that jumps 2 to the right onto 2nd Dvonn, then that jumps 3 to the right onto 3rd Dvonn:
WDxDxxD
.WxDxxD
..xWxxD
..x.xxW
But we're debating about something that happens incredibly rarely in any case.
I'm thinking if you ever honestly had a stack with all 3 red Dvonn disks in a real game, it would indeed be a fairly big stack.
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