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Fun-in-a-Box Chess

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31 May 2001 None This is yet another test. Please ignore...

30 May 2001 None Ah well Peter, it's ok. I think I'll change the rules, seeing as that's the easiest thing to do, and besides, I think things look better with Thing 1 on the left! :) --DH

29 May 2001 None Obviously the implementor of the ZRF can not tell a King from the Queen (<g>), since while the rules clearly say "Thing One and Thing Two are identical, but for those who would like to know, Thing One starts out behind the King, and Thing Twostarts out behind the Queen", but in the illustration taken from the Zillions file, it is the other way around!
PBA

27 May 2001 None This is a test.

27 May 2001 None Good idea. Makes it a bit easier to free up your things (unless you've lost your Queen of course! :) I chose checking the enemy king because it's not something that's dependent on a particular piece. Anyway, thanks for the neat suggestion!
--D. Howe

20 Apr 2001 Excellent Another possibly interesting variant is to view the queen as the "Cat in the Hat", after all, the letter Q, does look like a fat cat sitting on its tail. Back to the rule for this piece: The Cat(Q) moves as a standard Queen with one extra power: when it moves off the top of the box, it unlocks it. So if the things are in the box and the cat, white i.e., moves from d1 or e1, the things can then come out. After the things are put in the box, they can't come out until the cat visits d1 or e1 again, and then leaves. For Black, it would be d7, e7. With this variant, the box starts out locked. -- jianying (email removed contact us for address) oo.com

20 Apr 2001 None Hmmm... well I confess ignorance. Until I read your comment, I had never heard of the term 'hasami' (Japanese for scissors), nor had I read about Hasami Shogi. I attributed the idea to Ultima, because that is where I first came across the concept. I didn't mean to imply that Robert Abbott invented the concept.

20 Apr 2001 Excellent Excellent, but just one thing... Capture by hasami is generally supposed to be as ancient as the Pyramids. -- gnohmon

Date	Rating	Comment
31 May 2001	None	This is yet another test. Please ignore...
30 May 2001	None	Ah well Peter, it's ok. I think I'll change the rules, seeing as that's the easiest thing to do, and besides, I think things look better with Thing 1 on the left! :) --DH
29 May 2001	None	Obviously the implementor of the ZRF can not tell a King from the Queen (<g>), since while the rules clearly say "Thing One and Thing Two are identical, but for those who would like to know, Thing One starts out behind the King, and Thing Twostarts out behind the Queen", but in the illustration taken from the Zillions file, it is the other way around! PBA
27 May 2001	None	This is a test.
27 May 2001	None	Good idea. Makes it a bit easier to free up your things (unless you've lost your Queen of course! :) I chose checking the enemy king because it's not something that's dependent on a particular piece. Anyway, thanks for the neat suggestion! --D. Howe
20 Apr 2001	Excellent	Another possibly interesting variant is to view the queen as the "Cat in the Hat", after all, the letter Q, does look like a fat cat sitting on its tail. Back to the rule for this piece: The Cat(Q) moves as a standard Queen with one extra power: when it moves off the top of the box, it unlocks it. So if the things are in the box and the cat, white i.e., moves from d1 or e1, the things can then come out. After the things are put in the box, they can't come out until the cat visits d1 or e1 again, and then leaves. For Black, it would be d7, e7. With this variant, the box starts out locked. -- jianying (email removed contact us for address) oo.com
20 Apr 2001	None	Hmmm... well I confess ignorance. Until I read your comment, I had never heard of the term 'hasami' (Japanese for scissors), nor had I read about Hasami Shogi. I attributed the idea to Ultima, because that is where I first came across the concept. I didn't mean to imply that Robert Abbott invented the concept.
20 Apr 2001	Excellent	Excellent, but just one thing... Capture by hasami is generally supposed to be as ancient as the Pyramids. -- gnohmon

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Ratings and Comments for:Fun-in-a-Box Chess

Ratings and Comments for:
Fun-in-a-Box Chess