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GuilloQi. A large octahedral variant with a hint of Raumschach, Loonybird, and Xiang Qi. (16x(), Cells: 222) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Shhh, Kuyan! (or Judith, I don't know which is your given name and family name) It makes the King seem imbalanced if you say that!
Fergus: Yes, it is a 3D game. the boards are connected orthogonally by their centres and all other connections are implied from that. Triagonally means by using the non-standard diagonal (ND) also known as the 3D diagonal, or 'triagonal' as analogy with diagonal modifying 2 dimensions of location.
Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]That's only correct for Pawns, actually, pieces only are changed (other than Xiang Qi Pawns' river promotion) if they were promoted in the game they are currently in. It would be interesting to see people wonder whether they should promote, though.
Roc Hunt. The Pygmy Elephant Hunt game is now expanded to 3 players, with the new piece, the Roc, which eats elephants! (28x28, Cells: 784) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Take Oo Ninnin. A Smess-like game vaguely similar to Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Does anyone know of any women that are fans of chess variants? The only one I know of is Christine Bagley-Jones. Web demographics say this site primarily is viewed by middle-aged men.
Prison Break. Starring the sliding pawns, the Ninja Guards, the Knight, the Bird, the King and introducing the captivating Ice Queen! (6x8, Cells: 46) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]While the Ice Queen is somewhat creative, the other pieces I think you overuse in your variants.
Stations. Missing description (9x5, Cells: 61) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This game is remarkably similar to my own Complete Permutation Hexagonal Chess.
How about the Anti-Cannon, which reverses the Xiang Qi Cannon's capturing and non-capturing moves?
Oh, darn! Did I recreate this topic as the name was being changed?
ZigZag Madness. Featuring the crooked dual path sliders: the ZigZag Bishop and the ZigZag Rook. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I don't understand why they can't move to adjacent squares. Is this supposed to make them on par with their non-zigzag counterparts? Also, you got my hopes up of someone using Ralph's Zigzags, which are the same as crooked pieces, but move two steps after each turn instead of one.
I'd like to see an (incorrectly or loosely) Ironic Chess. Anybody up?
Xiang Hex. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 79) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Doesn't the board need to be one rank longer?
Lions and Dragons Chess. Hexagonal variant. Dragons carry a ball to the goal while Wizards avoid capture. (Cells: 84) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This isn't very Chess-like at all, and the Lions are an extreme kludge for holes in the board.
Xiang Hex. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 79) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I mean doesn't it need to be one rank SHORTER? So Soldiers can't actually enter the river and there are two cells between them and their opponents, making it the same as Xiang Qi? I haven't tried out the Zillions implementation, because my computer is broken and I have had to use a public computer.
ZigZag Madness. Featuring the crooked dual path sliders: the ZigZag Bishop and the ZigZag Rook. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]As I said before: Is this supposed to make them on par with their non-zigzag counterparts?
Xiang Hex. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 79) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Actually, it could be longer if you wanted the board less crowded and still having the properties of an imaginary river, and you could push the Cannons forward, so they are 2 ranks in front of the Horses.
I admire that. Do you want to play a game with me on Game Courier?
CwDA: Breakfast Brutes. An army with the theme of a balanced breakfast. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I'm sorry. It was actually inspired by the Pancake piece.
Xiang Hex. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 79) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]There is one thing I don't like about this game, however. The Palace is smaller and the Mandarins weaker. Only one Mandarin is needed in the opening and middlegame, the other being restricted by the first, just serving as Cannon fodder. I realize there is no way to make a larger Palace and more powerful Mandarins without violating a regularly shaped Palace and the General and Mandarins occupying the lowest rank of it.
All this river talk is making me CV design hungry, actually. I want to create a game with the same real river as Christian Freeling's Congo. I'm open to collaboration! ;)
Chess Variant. Private Taking the two most famous Fairies into Capablanca. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
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Magic River. Xiang Qi pieces crossing the Magic River turn into their Western counterparts, and vice versa! (17x9, Cells: 77) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]It would be great if you could! Does anyone want to create another game with a River with me?
Three-players Chess. Newspaper announcement of three player chess.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]The board is not symmetrical. The only way to make it symmetrical would be to switch one of the Queens with one of the Kings. I have seen this mistake in many Chess variants that incorporate both Chessmen and Draughtsmen.
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