Unlike the simple counting board used in elementary schools, very efficient suanpan techniques have been developed to do multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, square root and cube root operations at high speed.

Rules can range from the very simple, as in tic-tac-toe, to those describing a game universe in great detail, as in Dungeons & Dragons ( although most of the latter are role-playing games where the board is secondary to the game, helping to visualize the game scenario ).

A German-style board game, also referred to as a Euro game or Euro-style game, is a class of tabletop games that generally have simple rules, short to medium playing times, indirect player interaction, and abstract physical components.

It was most likely a simple board placed on the stadium track which was removed after the event ( Miller, 66 ).

Until then, as indicated in point # 1 of the " Laconia Order ", it was common for U-boats to assist torpedoed survivors with food, water, simple medical care for the wounded, and a compass bearing to the nearest landmass ; it was extremely rare for survivors to be brought on board as space on a U-boat was barely enough for its own crew.

The game of Go has simple rules that can be learned very quickly but, as with chess and similar board games, complex strategies may be deployed by experienced players.

simple: Printed circuit board

The simulator windows were of " frosted glass " because there was no visual system, although simple " model board " visuals using monochrome imagery were added in the late 1960s to some of these simulators.

Director David Silverman had difficulty devising a legible Scrabble board for the opening scene that would convey the idea that the Simpsons were only able to devise very simple words.

Due to his achievements in the chess world, mastery over the board and his relatively simple style of play he was nicknamed the " Human Chess Machine ".

Candy Land ( also Candyland ) is a simple racing board game.

The technical problem was that most boats steer by varying the angle of attack in the water between the centre board and the rudder, and Drake's question came down to simple operation of how a standing person could control both the power of the sail as well as the direction of the craft.

While a simple material counting evaluation is not sufficient for decent play in chess, it is often the backbone of a chess evaluation function, when combined with more subtle considerations like isolated / doubled pawns, rooks on open files ( columns ), pawns in the center of the board and so on.

The simple transfer rule is well known for causing disorientation and confusion in players new to the game, often leading to surprises and amusing mistakes as pieces " disappear " and " reappear " between boards, and pieces interposed to block attacks on one board are simply bypassed on the other board.

Thoughtwave ( board game ) — A simple track laying game, where each of two players has the same set of tiles to use to lay a continuous track across a board, while blocking your opponent, or making them run out of necessary tiles.

So I have often made the hypotheses that ultimately physics will not require a mathematical statement, that in the end the machinery will be revealed, and the laws will turn out to be simple, like the chequer board with all its apparent complexities ".

He created popular illustrations on board, paper, and canvas, most of which emphasize the simple grace of and beauty of the female form, in a distinctive style descended from Art Deco.

As in Pachisi, the aim is simple: players compete on leading their four pawns out of their nest, around the whole board, into the color track and up to the center of the board, chasing and " eating " each other in the process.

* The poteau ( another French term ) was a simple post, often with a board around only the neck, and was synonymous with the mode of punishment.

The game's board, while designed to supplement the theme, is optional and consists only of simple marked areas where players place discards.

In theory, it is possible that a country may peg the local currency to more than one foreign currency ; although, in practice this has never happened ( and it would be a more complicated to run than a simple single-currency currency board ).

Situated in the Hualapai Valley between the Cerbat and Hualapai mountain ranges, Kingman is known for its very modest beginnings as a simple railroad siding near Beale ’ s Springs in the Middleton Section along the newly-constructed route of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.

This and other favorite circumstances have helped Bremen to grow from a simple railroad junction settled by German immigrants to the largest town in Haralson County, Georgia.

The use of the pylon, a simple tower structure, has also helped to build railroad bridges, mass-transit systems, and harbors.

Then the first railroad connecting Puerto Cortes with San Pedro Sula was developed in the 1880s, reducing Omoa to a simple backwater fishing village.

* January 28 – Florida's Railroad Commissioners adopt rule number 12 of the state's general operating rules for railroads within the state ; the rule mandates that railroad companies are required to immediately report by telegram any train wreck within the state beyond a simple derailment that involves injury or death to any person and follow up the telegram within five days with a full written report.

The railroad wheelsets attached to the aft portion of the trailer were lowed pneumatically by activating a simple valve controller on the left rear of the trailer.

It is a far-reaching term that may include simple tools, such as a crowbar or wooden spoon, or more complex machines, such as a space station or particle accelerator.

simple: Gas station

Wimbledon station was rebuilt by Southern Railway with a simple Portland stone facade for the opening of a new railway branch line from Wimbledon to Sutton.

CONELRAD had a simple system for alerting the public and other " downstream " stations, consisting of a sequence of shutting the station off for five seconds, returning to the air for five seconds, again shutting down for five seconds, and then transmitting a tone for 15 seconds.

A simple station, there are two tracks with two small side platforms.

simple: Oval tube station

Instead of a single signal, the VOR transmitter sends out three signals-one is a simple voice channel that sends morse code to identify the station, another is a continuous signal sent in all directions, and the last is a signal that is rotated at 30 RPM.

simple: Euston railway station

simple: Marylebone station

The Eight Life Aspirations style of feng shui is a simple system which coordinates each of the eight cardinal directions with a specific life aspiration or station such as family, wealth, fame, etc., which come from the Bagua of the eight aspirations.

simple: Weather station

simple: London Bridge station

Snow Hill had a new station which had a huge arched roof of iron and glass, with a simple wooden overhead bridge linking the two platforms.

simple: Manchester Piccadilly station

simple: Cannon Street station

simple: Charing Cross railway station

simple: Power station

simple: Arsenal tube station

simple: Baker Street tube station

simple: Oxford Circus tube station

simple: Limehouse station

simple: Westferry DLR station

simple: Green Park tube station

simple: Clapham Junction railway station