Kevin Pacey wrote on Sun, Apr 15, 2018 05:30 PM UTC:
Thanks Aurelian. This variant idea might end up being my last gasp (for at least a while) at coming up with the sort of thing that might meet most or all of my own stringent personal criteria for what may one day prove to be a candidate for a 'Next Chess' for many.
I originally tried 'Beast Chess' as a name, but that was taken elsewhere on the internet, as was a secondary choice ('Fairyland Chess'), then I wanted a name that suggested this was a wide game, without using the word 'wide' again. "Coast2Coast' and 'Sea2Sea' have been used for other things, too, and 'Rink' or "Prairie' (always followed by 'Chess') seemed just wrong. I liked 'Champaign Chess' more, but that again was already taken, on the internet. Then the idea of slightly 'misspelling' the first word of this occured to me (sort of like the inventor of Renn Chess did for his variant), and the final(!?) name choice seemed cool to me.
Thanks Aurelian. This variant idea might end up being my last gasp (for at least a while) at coming up with the sort of thing that might meet most or all of my own stringent personal criteria for what may one day prove to be a candidate for a 'Next Chess' for many.
I originally tried 'Beast Chess' as a name, but that was taken elsewhere on the internet, as was a secondary choice ('Fairyland Chess'), then I wanted a name that suggested this was a wide game, without using the word 'wide' again. "Coast2Coast' and 'Sea2Sea' have been used for other things, too, and 'Rink' or "Prairie' (always followed by 'Chess') seemed just wrong. I liked 'Champaign Chess' more, but that again was already taken, on the internet. Then the idea of slightly 'misspelling' the first word of this occured to me (sort of like the inventor of Renn Chess did for his variant), and the final(!?) name choice seemed cool to me.