Bug#712713: RFP: vassal -- The VASSAL Engine is a set of general-purpose Java libraries for creating online versions of traditional board and card games, with a strong focus on hex-and-counter wargames.

[Vincent Lhote <debian@vincent.lhote.name>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : vassal
  Version         : 3.2.6
  Upstream Author : Rodney Kinney <rodneykinney@users.sourceforge.net>, Joel Uckelman <uckelman@users.sourceforge.net>
* URL             : http://www.vassalengine.org/
* License         : LGPL and Creative Commons
  Programming Lang: Java
  Description     : The VASSAL Engine is a set of general-purpose Java libraries for creating online versions of traditional board and card games, with a strong focus on hex-and-counter wargames.

The VASSAL Engine is a set of general-purpose Java libraries for creating online versions of traditional board and card games, with a strong focus on hex-and-counter wargames. It provides support for game piece rendering and interaction, and supports play by email or over a live connection. Several hundred games are supported by downloadable modules, and there is a very active module-developer community. Play on vassalengine.org, the principal online community using this software, is free.