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Kevin Pacey wrote on Sat, Feb 16, 2019 06:39 AM UTC:

Hi Aurelian

The back rank pieces are the same compound pieces I used for Sac Chess, plus a couple more compounds that I figure are both in between a queen and an amazon in value, on 8x10. However, I used all the compound pieces only once each, for this (Officer Chess) variant idea. The main issue I have is that the setup (the back ranks at least) is arguably rather ugly, but I had a reason to put just about every piece on those ranks where they are. Earlier I had tried to use each compound piece twice, on a 12x10 board, but the setup always had lots of pieces menacing towards the opponent's pawns right from the setup. With Officer Chess, that just happens with the edge pawns, though even that is worrying, if I want kingside castling to seem safe to the players much of the time.

For a while now I've run out of fresh ideas. One thing is, I don't have the technical skills (nor the burning desire to get them, if hard study required), say simply to be able to make a game with a random starting setup (e.g. on the back rank), nor how to make brouhaha offboard squares, for example (not that I have any clue on what new game I might ever use them for). Being able to have rules-enforcing presets for games would be good, as I suspect such games get played a lot more. However, again it's a matter of skill and not much desire to get it (there's also that I'd hate for a bug to come up if people played such a game of mine, if I wrote the preset, whether or not I was still coming to CVP website at such a time). Otherwise, I'd like it if Hannibal Chess and Frog Chess had rules-enforcing presets, for example. Meanwhile, more complex Ultima-style or wargame-style CVs are beyond my design imaginings right now, nor would I know how to upload any special graphics if necessary.

On a seperate note, I've sent you 6 personal GC invitations, if you haven't noticed yet, and care to accept any.


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