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Life & fun · January 7, 2012

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Nepali Baghchal game in Node.js

We at Semicolon Developers have released two player version of Nepali board game Baghchal[1]. It can be played at: http://obaghchal.com Game is working fine in Chrome and Firefix latest builds. There are few glitches but if you have ever played Baghchal I'd love to hear your feedback on the game play online. I'd like to credit HN for all the encouragement. I have promised myself to post a Show HN thread with some cool work and this is our first attempt. Deployment wise I am having some difficulties in setting up server. I think we'd have problem scaling it up. If any Nepali hacker is…

Nepali Baghchal game in Node.js launched on January 7, 2012 with 15 votes, #71 of 306 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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Nepali Baghchal Game in Node.js is an online implementation of Baghchal, a traditional Nepali board game, built by Semicolon Developers. It allows two players to compete against each other through a web browser, currently playable at obaghchal.com and compatible with Chrome and Firefox. The game is in early stages with some minor issues, and the developers are seeking feedback from players familiar with the traditional game and technical support for server scaling.

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We at Semicolon Developers have released two player version of Nepali board game Baghchal[1]. It can be played at: http://obaghchal.com Game is working fine in Chrome and Firefix latest builds. There are few glitches but if you have ever played Baghchal I'd love to hear your feedback on the game play online. I'd like…

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