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Hitchhiker Chess. Get your Hitchhiker to the Restaurant at the other End of the Board; inspired by Douglas Adams' books. (Cells: 42) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Anonymous wrote on Mon, Mar 22, 2004 04:30 PM EST:

If a Mine on space is captured, does the capturing piece explode?

Anonymous wrote on Mon, Apr 26, 2004 03:34 PM EDT:Poor ★

I asked a question over a month ago, and it STILL hasn't been answered!!

Doug Chatham wrote on Wed, Apr 28, 2004 08:50 AM EDT:

Well, if I could give a definite answer to your question, I would. <p> The last sentence of the Mine description says, 'Detonation of a <i>live</i> Mine can be prevented by capture but the capturing piece itself is exploded.'(Emphasis added.) This suggests to me that when you capture a Mine in space, it isn't 'live' and the capturing piece does not explode. But that's just a guess.

Moussambani wrote on Wed, Apr 28, 2004 07:15 PM EDT:

Why can't Orbiter in diagram move to d4 or f4?

💡📝Dan Troyka wrote on Wed, Apr 28, 2004 10:30 PM EDT:

FIDE rules govern by default, which means that mines are captured by normal replacement in space (i.e., the capturing piece is not destroyed). The diagram is wrong with regard to the Orbiter. It can move to d4 or f4. The Zillions version of the game is rule-abiding, or so I hope, and it might help to clear up issues that perhaps aren't clearly expressed in the written rules.

Moussambani wrote on Wed, Aug 4, 2004 12:29 AM EDT:

I have another question... Can the sun move and scorch in the same turn?

💡📝Dan Troyka wrote on Wed, Aug 4, 2004 12:07 PM EDT:

No. Capturing is a stationary action for the Sun, i.e., if it moves from one space to another it cannot capture. Looks like I could have expressed this more clearly.

Anonymous wrote on Sun, Oct 3, 2004 07:44 PM EDT:

How do Suns and live mines interact?<br> Specifically: <ul><li>What happens if a Sun scorches a live mine?</li> <li>What happens if a mine is detonated next to a Sun?</li></ul>

💡📝Dan Troyka wrote on Mon, Oct 4, 2004 08:19 PM EDT:

Good questions, and the answers are ... the Sun itself explodes when it scorches a live mine, and a live mine destroys an adjacent sun when it detonates.

Moussambani wrote on Mon, Oct 4, 2004 11:38 PM EDT:

even if the Sun just moved?

💡📝Dan Troyka wrote on Tue, Oct 5, 2004 06:13 AM EDT:

Uh, if the Sun has just moved, it is not destroyed by detonation of a live mine. Should have said so in my last post.

Anonymous wrote on Sun, Feb 20, 2005 11:21 AM EST:

How do an exploding mine and a Hitchhiker interact?

💡📝Dan Troyka wrote on Sun, Feb 20, 2005 10:43 PM EST:

A mine explosion has no effect on the Hitchhiker. The Hitchhiker can be destroyed only by dropping it in the Black Hole, which ends the game.

George Duke wrote on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 01:10 PM EST:Excellent ★★★★★

Gridlock has pieces hitching a ride in 2003, as Mounting the Forrest Rook.

George Duke wrote on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 01:17 PM EST:

The discussion came two years after the post in 2002. Bruce Mills' 40-square Diamond Chess came earlier in 1999. Ralph Betza first (formally) rotated 64-square board 45 degrees somewhat similar to 100-year-old Legan.

John Smith wrote on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 01:35 PM EST:Excellent ★★★★★

An unusual mix of pieces and an unusual goal; never heard of a win by kidnapping! Hopefully George will enlighten me on some previous instance.

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