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Help with .ZRF programming: OR, Find the Game[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
danielmacduff wrote on Thu, Sep 28, 2017 07:07 PM UTC:

You have to be kidding me... autocorrect stole my post.

 

Anyway, let me hit the high points.  I'm to make a .zrf for Ganymede Chess and have no experience.  The Wall, the Mini-Rose, and the castling rules are all a little weird and if anyone can provide advice/examples for these kinds of things in .zrf's then I'd much appreciate it.


danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Sep 27, 2017 11:24 PM UTC:
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Zillions of Games. It can play an endless variety of abstract board games, and we have a large collection of Chess variants you can play on it.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Sat, Jun 3, 2017 09:21 PM UTC:

Have the links to .zrf's been cut as a part of the move?  All the download links I've looked at today have sent me back to the home page.


Game Courier Tournament 2017. Chess Variant Tournament played on Game Courier in 2017.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Sat, Jun 3, 2017 04:18 PM UTC:

I accept this challenge.

Fischer/Xiangqi/Victorian/Unicorn/Cylindrical/Grande/CwDA


Please and Thank You. Members-Only Politeness can benefit you.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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MSklondike-chess[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Mar 2, 2016 10:21 PM UTC:
You are correct, and I must admit that the 5-10 do not really have a difference at all.  It really would not matter unless you were playing on a larger board.  However, I will leave the rules as they are exactly for that purpose.

MSlifeform-chess[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Thu, Feb 25, 2016 04:07 PM UTC:
Paolo: Yes, the "joint lock + elbow strike" is possible.  As for your meta question, I suggest you do just that.  If there is an error, it is likely that ohers will see it before you do.

danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Feb 24, 2016 05:51 PM UTC:
Paolo: Having not taken the time to playtest yet (most of my variants are posted as untested ideas), I had not considered the awkwardness of the setup.  A fluid setup seems to be the best way to play, however,

danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Jan 20, 2016 03:39 PM UTC:
I don't know.  I feel like Microorganism would be too strong, and a virus assault (for instance) could easily overrun the Lifeform.  Are you familiar with David Howe's variant Mega Chess?  It features pieces that are also games.  Perhaps Lifeform Chess with Microorganism board-pieces would be an interesting variant.

MSpawns-in-hats[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Jan 20, 2016 03:27 PM UTC:
This is indeed a problem.  Possibly the kingly crown could create non-royal kings and players could begin with one "real" king which is the object of mate.

MSmars[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Fri, Jan 8, 2016 02:52 AM UTC:
Yay!  My first real graphics!

MSchess-wars-22-the-raid[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Fri, Dec 4, 2015 08:01 PM UTC:
Hello T. Becker,

I have not quite finished the Chess Wars series- I was not aware there was interest.  My life has gotten a little busier over the years, and most of my latest projects would not really fall into the category of chess variants, but I can think of a few ideas that would be aplicable to the chess variant category.  I will try to finish this series and maybe create some new games.  It honestly means a lot that you noticed!

Thanks,

Daniel MacDuff

Unconventional Warfare Chess. Variant based on modern warfare. (10x10, Cells: 84) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Thu, May 14, 2015 02:56 AM UTC:
As regards the International Prop. error, I think it helps thematically (if a year after troops were committed nukes were flying the human race would have been wiped out back in the 60's or 70's) as well as changing the feel of the early game.  It gives you time to play chess before the game REALLY begins to go crazy.  But just for the record, in the game I just played, the player who struck the other's Propaganda first won.  With a nuke.

The Lost Variant[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 10:17 PM UTC:
Thanks for the assist.  I tried itemid=lycanthrope, =rockyhorror, etc.  It
seems I did indeed forget a few words of the title!

PASGL 312 Chess. Critters steal lunch in the forest, while trying to get close to the campfire and avoid the train. (Cells: 68) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 03:13 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
Another subvariant would be to add a row on each side and superimpose The Game of the Trees.  Every piece can travel on grass, shrubbery, and trees equally (Perhaps a Shrew in the trees can't be squashed, or a Deer can eat grass and shrubbery...).  Other than movement, trees would block everything.  Just a suggestion.

Update (like six hours later): Perhaps This Game is for the Birds could be worked in too...  The Ultimate Outdoor Trifecta Chess would be very strange indeed...

The Lost Variant[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 02:17 AM UTC:
Now Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess is missing.  I'm not quite sure what
to try to look up, as it has quite a long and complex title, but even a
google search on the site for lycanthrope onyl returns Halloween Knight
Court.

Unconventional Warfare Stratagems[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
danielmacduff wrote on Sun, Apr 12, 2015 11:03 PM UTC:
I have recently been so fortunate as to acquire a 3D printer, which uses
plastic filament to create 3-dimensional objects.  I have been creating a
set of pieces for Unconventional Warfare Chess, whci  can be found
here:(http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/contest84/unconventionalwarfarechess.html).

Because of this, I have been looking at that page a lot.  I have begun to
guess at a few stratagies and tactics to try, but if anyone has played this
game before, maybe they could teach me a few of their tricks.  Thank you.

The Lost Variant[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
danielmacduff wrote on Thu, Oct 2, 2014 12:31 AM UTC:
Dear Everyone,

First of all, this is not fiction... I hope.

There was a large hex variant on the pages called neptune, featuring pieces
such as princesses, crooked bishops (not what they were called), and
"space eaters" that swallowed squares.  Does anyone else remember this? 
What happened to it?  And, perhaps most spookily, why has every trace of it
disappeared like squares in the Space Eater's path?

Thank you for your thoughts, theories, answers, comments, etc.

Daniel MacDuff

MSdivine-wind[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Sep 15, 2014 05:53 PM UTC:
It is intriguing to note the occassional power difference between the maharajah and the sepoys when applying it to chess variants.  For instance, Jupiter-applied M&S produces a terrible beast while Shogi produces a piece that some may think is not itself powerful enough for its board.

Pancake. A piece that moves and captures like a non-royal King or a Nightrider-style cannon.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Sep 1, 2014 02:14 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
The Queen could be the Upside Down cake.  It moves as a Rook up and then as a circular King until it turns sideways, when it can move as a Rook, wnd then as a circular king in the same direction u til it turns down, when it again moves as a Rook.  It can't leap, nor can it stop during the Circular King movement. Seems interesting.  It's a killer on an open board, but is completely dependent on one square being open.  Why the name and idea?  It's an Up-Side-Down KK.

Dwarven Chess[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
danielmacduff wrote on Sat, Jan 11, 2014 03:32 PM UTC:
It looks interesting.  I have one mysellf called Warlord Chess.  I didn't
know the search had expanded so much.  It seems there are new chess
variants there every month.  They even have hexagonal chess now
(Glinski's, from the look of it).

Index page of The Chess Variant Pages. Our main index page.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Jan 6, 2014 01:44 AM UTC:
I think there needs to be a chess variant design contest. Maybe a 14-piece, 20-square contest for 2014?  Perhaps something else clever.

About Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Oct 14, 2013 10:48 PM UTC:
Some while back, I posted a comment on how perhaps there should be a CVP app.  

http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=30079

I realize how difficult that would be, but it seems that an app implementation of Game Courier would be more useful than a Maharajah-for-Hire.

Game Courier FAQ. Answers to various questions about Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Oct 14, 2013 07:43 PM UTC:
How does one go about publishing one's game on Game Courier?  Can I start from scratch, or is it necessary to have a preset and edit it?  Do I just leave to the editors?  It doesn't appear to be as cut-and-dry as putting things on the Pages is.

War Chest A game information page
. Customizable fantasy board game.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Sun, Sep 29, 2013 12:40 PM UTC:
Sadly, the link is broken.

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