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Fearsome Chess. 
Fear is the main rule. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I take it that a hunter can't be adjacent to an opponent's hunter, thus can never capture another hunter. But hunters are natural predators of other hunters. Does that mean that you don't control a red square by a hunter if the opponent still has a hunter?
Do you control a red square by, say, a cat when the opponent has no cat and no dog but has a mouse that may later promote to cat or dog?
How to Enforce Rules in Game Courier. A tutorial on programming a rule-enforcing preset in the GAME Code language.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Thank you. I have to think about it and experiment a bit.
I wonder if it would suffice to check the legality of the newest move only.
As I understand it, every time a player makes a move a program containing all previous moves is built, with the newest move at the end, then executed. Usually the legality is checked in the post-move part, thus all older moves are checked again and again, after every move made by a player.
Wouldn't it be enough to test the legality of a move only once, directly after it is made, in the post-game part, just assuming that all previous moves are legal?
Shatu. Members-Only Simplified chess variant. (7x7) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
Stalemate chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Some years ago I read about a similar variant proposal in a forum of a game site. The author named it 'stale chess':
Win by stalemating the opponent; it is forbidden to give check.
Crowded Infinite Chess. Members-Only Missing description () [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
Squashing Chess. Members-Only Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
How to Design and Post Your Own Game. A reference for those who want to post their own games here.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]It seems that, since about one week ago, the short description of a newly submitted game is not stored. I submitted two games in this week, and both don't show the description (and I'm sure I didn't forget to enter one).
Since some days I can't create a new game page. After filling out the form and clicking on "step2" it only says:
"adding item entry..."
but nothing happens. The game page doesn't show up in my unreviewed submissions. Clearing the browser cache didn't help.
BTW: what should I enter in the "Rows", "Cols" and "Cells" fields of the form if I want to post a chess variant on an infinite board or on a board whose number of cells/squares can change during the game?
Behemoth Chess. Chess with a randomly moving, uncapturable Behemoth piece that can capture
multiple pieces in a turn.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I played this on brainking.com many times and it is fun, even if the outcome is more dependent on luck than on skill.
Fuel Chess. The total distance a piece can travel is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]The current description is not so good. Can an editor please change it to:
"The total distance a piece can travel is limited."
Many thanks.
Square Attrition Chess. Squares can be visited a limited number of times.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Could an editor please add this description:
"Squares can be visited a limited number of times."
Many thanks.
How to Design and Post Your Own Game. A reference for those who want to post their own games here.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]How can I edit the description of a page already created? I mean the description that shows in the listings of pages.
Specifically I want to add a description to Square Attrition Chess so that it does no longer show the bold "Missing description".
Fuel Chess. The total distance a piece can travel is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Complete Chess 
. on big board with riding and leaping piece families. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I uploaded the zillions file (with piece graphics) now. I tested it and think it works correctly. Please tell me if you should find any bugs or issues.
Empress Chess. Members-Only Help your Empress win her battle. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
Square Attrition Chess. Squares can be visited a limited number of times.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I edited the rules a bit to make them more clear. No effective rule changes.
Tags Listing. A listing of the tags used on our pages.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]But why the limitation to set up queen and archbishop on different coloured squares, when they can change the square colour by moving like rook resp. knight?
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