Games using the Same Board

• 10x10 Multiple Knot Chess. Board in `mathematical shape'.
• 3D Chess, a Different Way of Looking at It. A scheme for a geometric translation of 2d piece moves into 3d.
• 3d offset chess. Chess variants, invented by Ralph Betza, on non-cubic three dimensional boards.
• 8x8 Heart Chess. Chessboard in form of heart.
• 8x8 Hyperbolic Chess. Mathematician Missoum has a board based on hyperbola.
• 8x8 Reversible Stairs-Chess. Chessboard looks like stairs.
• Ackanomic Party Chess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game.
• Ackanomic PartyChess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game.
• Additional rules for multiplayer chess variants. Additional rules for chess variants with more players.
• Aftershock. Missing description
• Alice's Army. Alice's Army.
• The All Around Allstars. A set of chess pieces with different movement, that can be matched against `The Fabulous FIDEs'.
• The Amazon Army. One player has an Amazon (a queen with knights move) and handicapped rooks.
• An Introduction to Lotus-39 Chess. Missing description
• Andromi. Game with simple rules.
• Anti-Relay Chess. Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece.
• Arena Chess. 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves.
• Attending Pawns. Pieces have their personal pawn assistent.
• Axis and Allies Chess. Diceless variant of Axis and Allies.
• Behemoth Chess. Chess with a randomly moving, uncapturable Behemoth piece that can capture multiple pieces in a turn.
• Betza's Flying Circus. Bombers and interceptors fly above the chess board.
• Betza's Three Dimensional Chess Games. Several 3d-chess variants by Ralph Betza.
• Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers.
• Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces.
• Bilateral Group Simultaneous Chess. Simultaneous chess, but with two groups of rotating players.
• The Bishop Adjustment Rule. Missing description
• Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games.
• Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. The SVG files used in Bob's library of pieces.
• Bombalot. Bombs can wipe out most pieces on the board.
• Buypoint Chess. Buy your fighting force - each piece costs a number of points.
• Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
• Catastrophic 8x8 Chess. Mathematician Missoum gives a new type of chessboard.
• Cavewars CSIPGS Chess. Three dimensional chess variant based on Cavewars game.
• Cetina Random Chess. Play with a sissa and a chancellor from a randomly generated setup.
• Chameleon Chess. On each turn the rank of the moved piece changes.
• Chance Chess Site. Web site.
• Cheops. Large 3d chess variant inspired by Dune novels.
• Chess And Physics. Several chess variants based on physics.
• Chess Cards. Cardgame with chess flavor.
• Chess Chaos. Announcement of pack of cards that affect chess.
• Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols.
• Chess For Any Number of Players. Rules for multiplayer chess that can be played with an arbitrary number of players.
• Chess from Draughts etc.. Missing description
• Chess on a Mass Transit System. Missing description
• Chess Pool. Game played on a pool table, inspired by chess.
• A Chess Set. being a Handful of Games.
• Chess Warriors . Customizable strategy war game played on a checkerboard.
• Chess with Cyclical Armies. Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value.
• Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)
• A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory.
• ChessMage (tm): A Living Fantasy Chessworld. A Living Fantasy Chessworld.
• Chessmen-At-Arms. A wargame with chess pieces.
• Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany.
• Chex. Cards with pieces form the board.
• Chexs. Chess for two to six persons on hexagonal board.
• Clairvoyant Chess. Players predict what opponent will do to gain advantages.
• The Colorbound Clobberers. A team for Chess with Different Armies with many colorbound pieces.
• Complex Allegiance Chess (6 player). Missing description
• Condi Chess. Speed chess with the clock twelve meters from the board.
• Connect Shoot Kill. A mix of dots and boxes with chess pieces.
• Construction Chess. The idea for this variant is to give each player the possibility to construct his own chess army.
• Continuous Chess. There are no 'squares' on the board, and pieces are not restricted to moving discrete distances.
• Courier Elephant. Missing description
• Cows and Butterflies. A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions.
• Crazy 38's: Drops. Missing description
• Crazy 38's: Gameplay. Missing description
• Crazy 38's: Notation. Missing description
• Crazy 38's: The Board. Missing description
• Crazy 38's: The Home Square. Missing description
• Crazy 38's: The Object of the Game. Missing description
• Crazy 38's: The Pieces. Missing description
• Crazy 38's: The Starting Setup. Missing description
• Critique of a Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Critique.
• The Crown of Krithala. Pieces move a crown which the opponent wants to capture.
• CSIPGS (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic) Chess Variants. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules.
• Cuarenta. Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board.
• The Cylindrical Cinders. Army for Chess with Different Armies where many of the pieces can move as if the board was a cylinder.
• Darts chess. Darts are thrown to decide with which piece to move.
• Demotion Chessgi. a Chessgi variant which is limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns.
• Destiny Chess. Each turn before you move, flip a coin to see if you switch pieces with your opponent.
• Dienbienphu Chess. Unequal armies chess variant: FIDE chess against Quang Trung Chess.
• Diplomacy chess. Simultaneously selected moves are only carried out when they do not conflict.
• Dual Direction Variants. Adding extra moves to pieces in historic forms of Chess.
• Duggan's Fantasy Chess Variant. A variant which makes the game more `playable`.
• Dunsany's Chess. 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces.
• Dynamic Chess. Pieces move like closest piece left on the same rank.
• Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three or six players.
• Eight Stone Chess Photographs. Additional photo's of set of Eight Stone Chess.
• Elevator Chess. Multiple boards with simultaneous games are linked through central elevator squares.
• Endless Chess idea. Article about different ways to make cylinder chess board.
• Enthralling Chess. A 32-turn variant in which pieces are 'enthralled', and then 'liberated' (ie. removed from the board).
• Evo. Game with chess-variant elements.
• Experiments in Symmetry. Several experimental games to test whether perfect symmetry makes a game better.
• The Fair First Move Rule in Chess. Every turn you flip a coin to see who goes first.
• The FIDE Laws Of Chess. The official rules of Chess from the World Chess Federation.
• FIDE-like rules for 3D Chess . (Link.).
• The Fighting Fizzies. An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies.
• Finding ways to spin your games. After having moved, pieces change type in rotating order.
• Fortress of the Witch. Missing description
• The Forward FIDEs. A team for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can advancer easier than retreat.
• Four Handed Chess. An all fight all variant of four handed chess on plus-shaped board.
• Four Handed Chess (I). Information on different variants of four handed chess on plus-shaped board.
• Four Handed Perspective Chess. Missing description
• Fun-in-a-Box Chess. Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat.
• Fusion Chessgi. A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
• Gambler's Chess. A scheme for adding betting to any Chess variant.
• Generic Chess Piece Creation System. This is a system for construction of pieces, using ideas from RPG games.
• Genetess. A play-by-email game with genetically encoded pieces.
• Geometric sequence of Chess Games. Chess variants as large as you want.
• Gods on Pluto. Missing description
• Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers.
• Greg White's Chess Variants . Missing description
• Gridlock Chapter 2. Missing description
• Gridlock Chapter 3. Missing description
• Gridlock Chapter 4. Missing description
• Gridlock Chapter 5. Missing description
• Heraldic chess. Chess with cards and dice.
• Heraldic Chess Games with Cards and Dice. Text of rule booklet of heraldic chess.
• Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants.
• Hexagonal chess - problem 4. Mate in two moves hexagonal chess problem.
• Historic chess variants . by Sam Trenholme.
• Historical Chess Variants . A document describing several historical chess variants.
• Icehouse . Set of pyramids you can play several games with, including Martian chess.
• Imitating Chess. Pieces move as the last moved piece.
• Inertia Chess. Pieces continue to move in the same direction.
• Infinite Board Chess. Imagine the board is an infinite grid.
• Infinite Chess. Chess on on infinite board.
• Information on Chinese Chess playing cards. Missing description
• Information on historic chess variants. Missing description
• Insane. Pieces change to random type when they move. With program playing this variant.
• Intrigue. Players each select a pawn which holds the king's secret position.
• Introducing Economy in CV's?. Several chess variants based on economic principles.
• Jewel: A Linked-series of Games. Missing description
• John Savard's Three-Dimensional Chess. Missing description
• The Jovan Army. An army for Chess with Different Armies featuring heavy pieces that move forward slowly.
• Juggernaut Chess. Roll a die each turn to determine the move of the all-capturing Juggernaut.
• Ki Shogi. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes.
• Kibitzing Vox Populi Chess variant. Rules for turning kibitzing into a game unto itself.
• King's Run. An entry for the 32-turn contest that is based on Logan's Run.
• The Knightliest Black Hole. Knighted pieces on a constantly diminishing board.
• Knightmare Chess. The American version of Tempete sur l'Echiquier.
• Knot Chess. Board in shape of geometric knot.
• LancerChess. a basic Western chess game, featuring Lancers in place of knights.
• Liars Chess. You may lie about the move you have made.
• Lichen Chess. Pieces are modular, and each piece may contain fragments belonging to both players.
• Logis 3D. 3d-chess variant by R. Planesi. (Link.).
• Mad Elephant Chess. Pawns can be turned into Elephants; Elephants can promote to Mad Elephants, and Mad Elephants can trample lines of pieces.
• Maelstrom. All 64 squares of 8 by 8 board are initially filled with pieces.
• Magichess . Chess variant that uses ideas from Magic: the Gathering card game.
• Make-A-Rule Chess. Play chess and modify its rules concurrently. Chess with Nomic.
• Makruk experiences. Tim Krabbe's WWW page on his experiences with Makruk.
• Many Rules in One Game. List chess and variants.
• Many Worlds Chess. Large variant, inspired by the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
• The Marine Game. Small wargame, simulating a sea battle.
• Mark Davis's Chess Designs. With a round chess board.
• Mastery: A Game of Skill for Two Players . A Game of Skill for Two Players.
• Mecklenbeck chess. Pawns can promote on the sixth row.
• MetamorphaChess . Pieces represented by dice change to another type after having moved.
• Metamorphin' Assimilation Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess.
• Metamorphin' Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess.
• Missoum Perspective Chess. Missing description
• Moebius Chess. The board is a Moebius ring.
• Monster Chess. One player has only a king and four pawns, but makes double moves.
• More on Dragonchess. Missing description
• Morley's Chess. Boards with enlarged sides.
• Multi-chess. Chess variants for three or four players.
• Multichess. Four player chess variant.
• Multiplayer Chess Rules. A discussion of rules issues for multiple player chess games.
• Mutant Chess: pieces mutate during the game. . Pieces mutate during the game.
• Mysterious chess. Use cards to place your pieces on the board.
• N by N chess games. Mathematician Missoum has a chess variant on an N by N board for many numbers N.
• Narrassetch (70 and 91 hex versions). Hexagonal chess game playable with ordinary chess set.
• Nomic Chess. Combination of Peter Suber's Nomic with Ralph Betza's Chess For Any Number of Players.
• Nuclear Pawns Chess. Every time you move a pawn, there is a 1/10 chance of it exploding and destroying itself and all adjacent pieces.
• The Nutty Knights. A team for Chess with Different Armies based around the moves of the Knight.
• O/R Chess - Overloader/Restorer chess. A cochess variant.
• Once More, with Deans. Subvariants of River-with-university-and-cathedral series with extra piece type.
• One dimensional Chess Variants. A page detailing some one dimensional chess variants.
• Pacifist Chess. Missing description
• Partner Chess . Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
• Passed Pawns, Scorpions and Dragon. More Falcon Chess Variants.
• Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces.
• Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together.
• PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players.
• Piazza San Marco Chess. On random moments, the middle of the board gets flooded, meaning that pieces can get out only by using special walkways.
• The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories.
• Playing Chess Against Its Mirror Image. Playing against its mirror image: game is always a draw.
• Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!)
• Poison Chess. Harpies can poison pieces which can be healed by doctors. On 8 by 8 board.
• Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,.
• Promotions & Demotions. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece.
• Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command! . Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it.
• Pyramid Chase. Chase on a pyramid, 561 hexagons.
• Recognized Chess Variant: Avalanche Chess. This game is a Recognized Chess Variant.
• Refreshing Bubble Fizz Chess. When a piece moves, he can create a bubble. Pieces in bubbles cannot move for three turns, but may make two non-capturing moves.
• The Remarkable Rookies. A team for Chess with Different Armies with Rook-like pieces.
• RPGchess: Combines chess with Role Playing Game rules . Combines chess with Role Playing Game rules.
• Rules of Chess (part 1). Missing description
• Rules of Chess (part 2). Missing description
• Rules of Chess (part 3). Missing description
• Rules of Chess (part 4). Missing description
• Rules of Chess (part 5). Missing description
• Rules of Chess (part 6). Missing description
• Rules of Chess (part 7). Missing description
• Schachen - Chess me. Commercial chess variant with board and pieces replaced by cards.
• Schizochess. Halves of the chessboards get swapped every five moves.
• School Chess. Before movement of a figure, the player speaks the name of city on the letter, on which the name of a moved piece begins.
• Scrabble Battle Chess. Complicated game that uses a scrabble set, dice, playing cards with magic spells, pieces that move queenlike.
• The Seeping Switchers. An army for Chess with Different Armies based on pieces that change color when they move.
• Sequence of Fibonacci and Lucas Chess Design Games. Variants based on Fibonacci numbers.
• Sequence Of M X N Chess Games. A chess variant for boards of size M by N, for about all pairs of positive integers M, N.
• Sjah. Three or four player chess variants.
• Some Chess and Xiangqi Variants. Variants from the Shakki-77 group.
• Spider Web Spiral Chess. Board in shape of spider web.
• Springboard. Missing description
• Steeple Chess . Crossover between race game and chess.
• Steffan O' Sullivan's Three-players Chess. Three player chess variant on a board with 58 squares.
• Stepping-stones of Chess. A Book by Shaye-Alexander Ellis Nicholls of Merridonia.
• Steps Chess. Board looking like steps of many stairs.
• Stevenson's Four-Player Chess. A game for two 2-player teams on a regular Chess board with the object of capturing all opposing pieces.
• Subversion / Conversion. Pieces can be bribed to switch sides.
• Superchess and Monarch. Booklet in English and Dutch and book in Dutch about large chess variants with fantasy pieces.
• Surprise Chess. Speed chess combined with an umpire calling out random rule changes.
• Sveschky. 16 identical pieces per player whose moves are determined by a die.
• Symmetrical Chess Collection. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces.
• Tag Chess. A two player per side team game where each player moves for half the board.
• Tape Chess and other almost one-dimensional chess variants. Tape Chess and other almost one-dimensional chess variants.
• Taxi Chess. Pay for moves: long moves are expensive.
• Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Pack of cards that change chess rules when played. French original version of Knightmare Chess. Lots of fun.
• Tempete sur l'Echiquier (PBM). Play by mail rules.
• Thinktank Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing.
• Thoughts on large numbers of players in one chess game. Missing description
• Three Dimensional 8x8xN Chess Game. Three dimensional chess variant.
• Three Dimensional Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board.
• Tile Chess . Commercial chess variant, published by Steve Jackson Games.
• Tilting the Balance. Players can set off an atomic bomb.
• Tokar's Arcana . Chess-variant like game with different armies. Commercial game.
• Torus and Klein Bottle Games . Missing description
• Triangular Chess. Missing description
• TriChess . is a hexogonal, three player variant, created and distributed by PrimeChess Oy.
• Trigon Chess . Three-player chess and checkers on various shaped boards.
• Turncoat Chess. After every move, dice are rolled to determine a square, which if occupied, the piece on changes side.
• Turnstyle. Four player chess variant using a normal chess set.
• Twelve Mutation Chess. Variant that uses 12 mutators that may be activated or deactivated during the game.
• Two Pronged Chess. 2 "simultaneous" moves per turn with separate pieces.
• Two-Prong Chess. Each player makes "simultaneous" moves with 2 different pieces.
• Unidirectional arrays on standard boards. Both players in the same direction, as Viking Chess, but on boards of correspondiyng face-to-face variants.
• Unirexal Chess. Only white has a king.
• Unreliable Delivery Chess. Pieces may get delayed before they arrive at their destinations.
• Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move.
• Vortex Chess. Ortho-chess with the inclusion of a new piece: the Portal.
• Vox Populi Chess variant. A crowd plays itself at a game with only one winner.
• Wall Chess. Orthochess with additional untakable wall pieces.
• Wand Chess. Pieces have a magic wand, that gives random outcomes.
• Way of the Knight. Pieces with experience levels: a `role playing variant'.
• Webball. Board that can be visualized as globe shaped spider web, based on dodecahedron.
• World War Chess . Commercial variant with pieces more suited to a war game.
• Year of the Pig Variants. Subvariants extending the forward moves in assorted previous variants old and new.
• Zeitgeist . Variant with simultaneous movement.
• ZM "Machiavellian" Quadchess. Modernization of Chaturanga for four players.