Hexagonal Chess Variants

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• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal chess, McCooey's. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave McCooey.

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• 3 Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board. (Cells: 217) By Dennis Matthews.
• 3 player Dabbaba Qi. A 3 player hex variant with player-specific Rivers. (Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
• 3-player Honeycomb Chess. A variant on a hex-prism board with the hex boards as levels instead of ranks to allow three players. (x5, Cells: 180) By Charles Gilman.
• 4 Linepiece Hex Chess. Hex Chess with yet more kinds of radial path. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• 6 Player Complex Allegiance Chess. By Kuyan Judith.

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• A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169) By Graeme C Neatham.
• A9 HexaChess Courier Preset. (Cells: 169) By Graeme C Neatham.
• A9 HexaChess Zillions Zip . (Cells: 169) By Graeme C Neatham.
• AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Anglojewish Chess. Hexagonal Chess with pieces following curved paths. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins . (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (10x10x5, Cells: 245) By Charles Gilman.
• Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (x5, Cells: 350) By Charles Gilman.
• Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (x5, Cells: 370) By Charles Gilman.
• Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
• Asteryx Chess. Sample Game. (Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
• Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board. (9x9, Cells: 43) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Jagger.
• Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Shatranj on a Hex board. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.

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• Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the 1960's. (Cells: 84) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.

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• Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
• Chassyrinth. A 'color-attribute' based hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Inventor: Kumar Yelubandi.
• Chesh. 3 player, hexagonal chess. (Cells: 169)
• Chessex . Hexagonal chess variant for two or three players. (Cells: 169) Inventor: Patrick K. Mullen.
• Chexs. Chess for two to six persons on hexagonal board. By Stephen Kennedy.
• cHEXx . Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
• Color Chess. Four player chess variant on 11 by 11 board. (In Hungarian). (11x11, Cells: 121) By Sándor Nagy.
• Complex Allegiance Chess (6 player). By Kuyan Judith.
• Contest: Hexagonal chess problem solving, 2001. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
• Credo Chess for Three. Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Credo Hexagonal Chess ("Rose Chess"). Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander.

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• Dagger Chess. Hexagonal variant on board with 39 squares. (Cells: 39) By David Moeser.
• Derick Peterson's Grand Hexachess. Large hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) By Derick Peterson.
• Diminuendo Chess. Hexagonal variant: captured pieces are dropped in the center and diminished, not removed. (7x8, Cells: 43) By David Jagger.

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• Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three players. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three or six players. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Endgame analysis for Hexagonal Chess. Information from extensive computer analysis of Hexagonal chess endgames. Author: Dave McCooey.

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• Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Falcon into the Hexagonal world. (Cells: 121) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Falcon Hexagonal Chess . Introducing the Hex Falcon. (Cells: 121) Author: Graeme C Neatham. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Hex Falcon on the Game Courier. (Cells: 121) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Flatstar. A fusion of two Jewish-themed variants. (13x10) By Charles Gilman.
• Fool's Hexagonal Chess. designed to be a close (the closest?) hexagonal equivalent to orthodox chess. (Cells: 96) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Fool's Hexagonal Chess Courier Preset. (Cells: 96) By Graeme C Neatham.
• FoolsHexagonalChess zrf zip file . (Cells: 96) By Graeme C Neatham.

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• Galachess. Hexagonal variation from 1980. (Cells: 67) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mathew B. Harrer.
• Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 279) By Jack V. Cheiky.
• Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 272) By Jack V. Cheiky.
• Geodesic Chess. Played on a spherical grid of hexagons and pentagons. (Cells: 272) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Jack V. Cheiky.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess . Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. The most popular hexagonal variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Grand Hexachess. Large hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) By Derick Peterson.
• A Guide to Variant Chess. Variant Chess Games. Author: George Jelliss.

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• Half final Europe Championship Hexagonal Chess 1999. Games of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: Sergej Korchitsky. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Haynie's Hexagonal Chess. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
• Haynie's Hexagonal Chess . Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Billy Haynie.
• Hazlewood's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal Chess on a diamond-shaped board with many short-moving pieces. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Richard Hazlewood.
• Hepta. Hexagonal clan-based game played with Icehouse pieces. (Cells: 174) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
• Hepta . Hexagonal clan-based game played with Icehouse pieces. (Cells: 174) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess . Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Play this game from the 84-square contest on the Play-By-Mail system! (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see the sample game. (Cells: 84) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Hex 39 . Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules. (Cells: 39) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Torben Mogensen.
• Hex Besiege. Two slightly modified McCooey sets placed b(l)ack to b(l)ack. (11x21, Cells: 187) By Charles Gilman.
• Hex Dabbaba Qi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Xiang Qi, indluenced by Toccata. (Cells: 90) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Hex Dabbaba Qi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Xiang Qi, indluenced by Toccata. (Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
• Hex Dragonal Chess. Based on an idea by Jeremy Good this CV has horizontal rows of hexes and an unusual set of directions,. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Hex Dragonal Chess. horizontal hex-rows and 4 defined directions of movement. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Hex Frontofhouse. Captured hex pieces return with only their forward moves. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Hex Horngi. To hex cells what Mitregi is to square ones and Tunnelshogi to cubic ones. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants. By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi . A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants. By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex39. Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules. (Cells: 39) By Torben Mogensen.
• Hexa Decimal . Larger hexagonal chess variant (Zillions of Rules file). (11x11, Cells: 90) By Joost aan de Brugh.
• Hexa Decimal. Larger hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 90) By Joost aan de Brugh.
• Hexabeast. Hexagonal chess variant with six animal pieces, by Ivan A. Derzhanski. (Cells: 70) By Ivan Derzhanski.
• Hexachess. Hexagonal Chess with lots of Pawns on a peanut-shaped board. (Cells: 80) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David Moeser.
• Hexagonal Boards . Java Utility. By Graeme C Neatham.
• Hexagonal Chess . Half-century old hexagonal chess variant from Soviet Union. (Cells: 70) Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
• Hexagonal Chess (Glinski). Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal Chess (McCooey). Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Hexagonal chess - names of squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hexagonal chess - problem 1. Author: Joseph Boyer.
• Hexagonal chess - problem 2.
• Hexagonal chess - problem solving contest 2001. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hexagonal Chess by Shafran . Half-century old hexagonal chess variant from Soviet Union. (Cells: 70) Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
• Hexagonal Chess Notation. Article discussing Hexagonal Chess notation. Author: Arnaldo Rodrigues D’Almeida.
• Hexagonal Chess Set. Home made set of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: Matthew R. Dickinson. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal Chess with Hexagonalers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's . Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. Classical variant of Glinski. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal Chess, Haynie's. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
• Hexagonal chess, McCooey's. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Hexagonal Chess, McCooey's . Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Hexagonal chess: Make Your Own 91-Space Hexagonal Board. Files and directions for making a hexagonal chess board. (Cells: 91) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Hexagonal Hole Chess. A hexagonal variant of Hole Chess. Engineers can move holes and barriers. Teleporters can relocate enemy pieces. (11x11, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Hexagonal Hole Chess. Hexagonal variant using new pieces, holes, and barriers. (Cells: 91) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Hexagonal Iss Jetan . (7x13, Cells: 127) By Larry L. Smith.
• Hexagonal Iss Jetan. (7x13, Cells: 127) By Larry L. Smith.
• Hexagonal Round Chess. Combined Byzantine Chess with Rex Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D’Almeida.
• HexCaďssa. Each player has four pieces on hexagonal board with disappearing squares. (Cells: 61) By Christian Freeling.
• HexChess. Hexagonal Chess where Bishops move 1 hex in any direction and Rooks may not move to adjacent cell. (Cells: 641) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Hexchess. Another hexagonal chess variant with closer resemblance to orthodox chess. (Cells: 69) By Bill LaVanway.
• HEXchess. Information about a commercial hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• HexChess . Various hexagonal chess games, including Glinski's and McCooey's. Author: Jens Markmann.
• HEXchess Review. Review of HEXchess. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes chess. A new commercial hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 54) Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess now available for play on the Game Courier! (Cells: 54) Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess . Link: Hexagonal Chess in 54 hexes, using orthodox pieces. Includes enhanced Pawn movement and castling. The board is elongated.&. (Cells: 54) By Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Compressed Chess. Hexes Chess on a squared off, reduced size board. (5x10, Cells: 50) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Compressed Chess . Link: This version of Hexagonal Chess has rotated cells so that the angles point up and down. (0x8, Cells: 50) By Mike Layfield.
• Hexetera. Small hexagonal variant with some elements of Chinese Chess. (Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Hexetera. Play Hexetera on the Game Courier! (Cells: 44) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Hexetera . Download Hexetera for ZOG! Also includes the game in squares: Etcetera! (Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Hexgi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Shogi, with "officers" using selected orthogonals. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Hexmate . A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Michael A. Rouse.
• Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) By Michael A. Rouse.
• Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Michael A. Rouse.
• Hexodus. Program that plays hexagonal chess (Glinski variant). Author: Grzegorz Sidorowicz.
• Hibryd III. An exotic three-player variant played on a board of 42 hexes with multiple victory conditions. (Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
• HiveQueen. (Cells: 61) By Larry L. Smith.
• HiveQueen. (Cells: 61) By Larry L. Smith.
• Honeycomb Chess. This variant uses a board of hex-prism cells and two sets of FIDE pieces. (Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
• Honeycomb goes East. Shogi and Xiang Qi on a Hex-prism board. (16x9, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Hyperchess. Photo's of hexagonal chess variant from 1971. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: W. D. Groman.

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• ImmortalStarMasters. Multiplayer, hexagonal board for chess and checker games. (Cells: 241) Author: Ronald D. Planesi.
• Imperial Hex Chess. Smaller hexagonal variant with new pieces. (Cells: 75) By Robert Hancock.

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• King's Color. Pieces move depending if they are on the same color squares as the king in hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• Kyoto Shogi and Hex Kyoto Shogi . Small shogi variants. (Link.). (5x5, Cells: 25)

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• Lengthleaper Hex Chess. The hex-prism geometry has surprisingly many equal-length compound leapers. (6x9x4, Cells: 136) By Charles Gilman.
• Lions and Dragons Chess. Hexagonal variant. Dragons carry a ball to the goal while Wizards avoid capture. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Lions and Dragons Chess . Hexagonal variant. Dragons carry a ball to the goal while Wizards avoid capture. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Lions and Dragons Chess . Download this file to see this sample game. (Cells: 84) Author: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Liu Yang. Hexagonal analogue to Yang Qi. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Ludus Chessunculus. Game played on Hexagonal board with non-standard pieces. (Cells: 61) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Cleaveland.

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• McCooey's Hexagonal chess. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. Popular hexagonal variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• McCooey's Hexagonal Chess . Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• McCooey's Hexagonal Chess: Sample games. Author: Dave McCooey.
• McGlinWell. Combining elements of three long-standing forms of hex Chess. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Megastar of David. Enlarged version of Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. (x2, Cells: 182) By Charles Gilman.
• Memories of Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: David Anderson. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Memories of Hexagonal Chess. Brian Towers tells about Hexagonal Chess tournaments in the 1970s. Author: Brian Towers.
• Metapontum . Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Theo Frenkel.
• Mi Arena Chex. Hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 79) By Brent Thomas.
• Mini HexChess. Small hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 37) By Dave McCooey.
• Mini Hexchess. McCooey's Hexagonal Chess on smaller board. (Cells: 37) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Mixed Radial Hex Chess. Hexagonal analogue to Nimrod Chess. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
• Monarch Hexagonal Chess. Proprietary hexagonal variant. (Cells: 35) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean de Poel.

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• Naydorian Chess. an hexagonal variant from the fictional realm of Shadowgard. (15x8, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Nearlydouble Hex Chess. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Wellisch and McCooey Chess. (15x15, Cells: 169) By Charles Gilman.

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• OctHex 146. Arranging the geometry of Tetrahedral Chess into an octahedron. (Cells: 146) By Charles Gilman.
• Omnigon. Photos and Review. (Cells: 37) Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.

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• Panal: a hexagonal chess . A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
• Panal: a hexagonal chess. A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
• Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) By Philip John Brady.
• Peanut Chess . Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Philip John Brady.
• Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (10x10x6, Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.

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• Rectahex Chesss. A chess variant that looks like hexagonal chess but can be played on a normal chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Regenbogen. Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. (Cells: 44) By Jared B. McComb.
• Regenbogen . Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. (Cells: 44) Author: Joost Aan de Brugh. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
• Review: HEXchess. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Review: McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: Tim O'Lena. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Review: Omnigon. Photos and Review. (Cells: 37) Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.
• Rex . Six Direction Chess. (Cells: 85) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D’Almeida.
• REX Hexagonal Chess. Six Direction Chess. (Cells: 85) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D’Almeida.
• Ringworld Chess. Themed hex variant differentiating opposite directions along orthogonals. (Cells: 198) By Charles Gilman.
• Rose chess. Hexagonal chess variant, with additional variants, from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• Scatha. Simple open-source hexagonal chess playing engine. Author: Tord Romstad.
• Sextuple Besiege Wellisch Chess. Hex version of Quadruple Besiege Chess (81 or 108 cells grouped in 3 or 4 27-cell player boards). By Charles Gilman.
• Shafran's Hexagonal Chess. I G Shafran's Game on the Game Courier. (Cells: 70) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
• Shafran's Hexagonal Chess. A classic hexagonal variant from Russia. (Cells: 70) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
• Siege chess. A hexagonal three-player chess variant. (Cells: 192) By Ross Durossette.
• Sinojewish Chess. Hexagonal approximate analogue to Wildeurasian Qi. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Charles Gilman.
• Snowflake Xiang Qi. A better Xiang Hex. (Cells: 140) By John Smith.
• Square versus Hex. Variants with equal armies, but one starting on square geometry and one on hex. () By Charles Gilman.
• Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. An AOF offshoot on two side-10 triangles opposite ways round. (x2, Cells: 110) By Charles Gilman.
• Stations. (9x5, Cells: 61) By Larry L. Smith.
• Stations . (9x5, Cells: 61) By Larry L. Smith.
• Statistics for 3-piece piece Hexagonal Chess. Endgame statistics. (Cells: 91) By Dave McCooey.
• Sunflower HexChess. Hexagonal Chess in-the-round. (Cells: 120) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Sunflower HexChess Zillions zip . Sunflower HexChess Zillions rule file. (11x11, Cells: 120) By Graeme C Neatham.

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• Tetrahedral Shogi and Tetrahedral Hexgi. Shogi-based 3d variants on an enlargement of the Tetrahedral Chess board. (9x9x9, Cells: 165) By Charles Gilman.
• Three Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board. (Cells: 217) By Dennis Matthews.
• Three Player Chess. (Cells: 96) By Robert Zubrin.
• Three Player Hex Shogi 91 . A hexagonal Shogi Variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Three Player Hex Shogi 91. a hexagonal Shogi variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Tiger Lily Chess. hexagonal chess on a board inspired by a flower. (6x12, Cells: 72) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Toccata . A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) Author: Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Trebuqi. Hex variant using pieces selected for their similarity to Xiang Qi ones. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Treyshah. A commercial three-player hexagonal variant with 23 pieces a side. (Cells: 210) By Matt Seabury.
• Triangle chess. Three player chess variant on hexagonal board. (In Hungarian). (11x11, Cells: 121) By Sándor Nagy.
• TriChess . is a hexogonal, three player variant, created and distributed by PrimeChess Oy. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
• Trihex. Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. (Cells: 127) By Marek14 .
• Trihex . Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. (Cells: 127) By Marek14 .
• TriMac 3 Friends. Hexagonal Game of 3 Friends. (Cells: 207) By Graeme C Neatham.
• TriMac HexChess . Zillions Rule File and Graphics. (Cells: 135) By Graeme C Neatham.
• TriMac HexChess. Hexagonal XiangQi. (Cells: 135) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Trios Hex Chess. Filling Glinsky-size camps with extra pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• TRiPLiCiTY. Three player hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 111) By David Jagger.
• Triss. Hexagonal chess variant for three players. (Cells: 102) By Hans Mikelson.
• Trissa. A Rococo-inspired hexagonal variant for three players with an unusual flavor. (10x10, Cells: 55) By John Smith.

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• Wellisch's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal chess for three players. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sigmund Wellisch.
• Witch's Chess . Two or three player hexagonal variant. (Cells: 81) By Ralf Hansmann.

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• Xiang Hex. (9x7, Cells: 79) By Larry L. Smith.
• Xiang Hex. Play this hexagonal adaptation of Chinese Chess on Game Courier. (9x11, Cells: 79) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
• Xiangcata. 3-player Xiang Qi whose mixed-geonetry board automatically confines Elephants. (Cells: 196) By Charles Gilman.

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