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I have a question regarding the rules. If there are two kings on the board, and one of them travelled back to the time when there was only one king .. and you still have two kings on the board. The question is : is this legal, or does the king which didn't travel get lost in time ?
In the 'Play It!' section, the author mentions variants to Alice Chess : Alice Chess, Alice Mirror, Alice Zero (aka Ms. Alice Chess), Alice Grand, and Alice Extinction. I believe these variants need to be explained to users who don't have Zillions (like me).
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Also, the article doesn't mention the variant suggested be Patron that:
'Alician Chess can also be played on three boards of identical size. '
Patron doesn't clarify that if a square was occupied and the corresponding
squares weren't that a piece may move to this square or not; he merely
says that there is 'no choice' implying that two corresponding squares out
of three can be occupied in the same time. This would be a nice addition.
I have a question regarding the rules. A Queen may not cross a square threatened by the enemy, and the Two Queens can't face each other, because they will both be in check. What if the Enemy Queen was stuck in the last rank by a Rook or two Dragons, is it possible to deliver check from a far by the Queen ? She is not in check because the Enemy Queen can't get there, so I don't see why not.
A possible rule to add that when castling normally the king moves two squares, when castling over the edge the king move three squares. The notation to this can simply be O-G , O-H , O-C and O-B . It depends on where the king lands. For discriptive notation : O-KN , O-R , O-B and O-QN .
Personally, I think the rules are confusing, and difficult to explain. It looks like a good game, though.
This is one of the most original, inventive games.
The Courier preset : http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MPwalkersandjump
I love the game. hence the rating. I might as well make it Excellent once I finish my game. The thing is, if you divide the playing field to triangles, and play on intersections, then yes, it IS a hexagonal board. besides, Xiangqi is playable on a square board. there is a page about ot somewhere in the site.
SuperKnight and SuperNightRider should be added to the main list in classes 4 and 5 respectively. It is a sensible expansion omitted for who-knows-why reasons!!
Addition of Cylindrical and Toroidal pieces can be nasty !! (The rook will only upgrade by a class or half a class.. but bishops and knight and nightriders and super pieces can jump two or three classes, that's for cylinderical.)
From all the variants listed, I prefer Alethia (Not a big fan of the name though. I would've liked Wildbeest Los Alamos, 'cause this what it is.) Wouldn't the Wildebeest be a little dangerous on the small board ?
This is a pretty variant. I should try it some time.
The Game Courier preset isn't linked to game's page. In a different note, what if the game was played with Marseillais Chess style? That is: at each turn, except white's first, the player makes a move, move a square, than makes another move.
Looks like a good game. However, I would probably like it better if : * Bishop are replaced by FADs or Omega Wizards (in the corner squares,) * Lions are replaced by Elephants (Ferz+Alfil,) and * Gryphon is replaced by Elephant+Scout. What do you think ?
I would suggest enlarging the board a little, just a little, to 11 files x 12 ranks, for the following reasons: 1. dividing the board to three equal areas (The warfield, the white camp, and the black camp.) 2. More importantly, the white squared bishops, in both camps, have quite a field in the opening, which might lead to quick exchanges. Adding a rank would let the white squared bishops from one camp oppose the dark squared ones in the other. 3. The white squared bishop is slightly stronger than the dark squared bishop. (In the current form, a dark colored bishop and a knight can't force mate.) --- I wonder how the game would be like played with Extinction or Suicide rules. (It would also be interesting to have a Wildebeest variant.) --- 'the restriction that only if they have at least four of every type can they have more than four of any type.' I assume that this applies to promotion only ? I mean, if a player has five rooks and one of his knights was captured, surely a rook wouldn't demote ?
How come no-one made a preset for this game ?
Sounds like a good game. I haven't played it yet, but looking forward to. The promotion rules would be easier to memorize if each piece was promoted to the compound piece the does NOT include itself. That is, N to Q , B to M , R to P . Er.. Also, can the Dragon King and Pope move through check ?
I am still playing the opening moves in one of these games. However, I've noticed that the knights are immediately under attack from the bishops from the very first move (provided a central pawn is pushed,) and once they're captured the bishops immediately threaten to capture the smothered rooks. Also, they're only protected by the two new major pieces.
My first impression about this game was the Camel's move. I believe if it was augmented as the Knight was, that is making a (3,1),(2,2),(4,0) leaper called the ENDCAMEL or something, would make things easier to memorize. The Endcamel is more mobile than the Endknight, yet color-bound. It's also less awkward than the original Camel. What do you think ? (I might come back with more thoughts later.) PS. I can see why you chose the Dicamel; it's the Endknight on the diagonal matrix. PS2. My apologies, I see you already have invented the Endcamel and called it the Endcaribou.
an interesting thought, I wonder how the game would play out allowing some mutators? like Suicide, Atomic, Extinction, Alice, Magnetic .. etc .. I issued an invitation for Suicide Falcon Chess .. just to try it out. I really wonder if there are any lost openings to begin with.
If the removal of the doppleganger pawn was automatic, (not random,) like choosing the closest piece to the captured piece or choosing the closest to the left hand corner, the game wouldn't necessarily be better, but it would be easier to implement in a chess program or a chess server (you have only to make the move, and the program will take care of the rest.) Just a thought... I should try this game someday.
I would personally suggest a neater starting position than the one in use. You have 24 pieces, so it would seem natural to stack them in two 12-square ranks. I'd suggest tilting the board so it's vertical instead of horizontal. You will have 12 files and 16 ranks. If you want 4 ranks between the two camps then pawns will have to start at the 6th rank. This is my suggestion : P P P P P P P P P P P P 6 T T C C E E E E C C T T 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 G R B S D Q K S D B R G 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 a b c d e f g h i j k l Or P P P P P P P P P P P P 6 R C C B S D S D B C C R 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 G T T E E Q K E E T T G 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 a b c d e f g h i j k l The X's are Berlin Pawns. They have double-step and may be captured en-passant by other Berlin pawns (and/or normal pawns, if you wish.) Normal pawns promotion rules are as stated in the rules, on the 14th, 15th, or 16th rank. Berlin pawns promote at 11th, 12th, or 13th, with the same promotion rules. The King may castle with Grand Rooks by moving four squares to the right or the left and the Grand Rook move to the square next to the King. Or with Rooks by moving three squares.
You can add the following unique properties for the Rook and the Bishop: * The Rook is the only piece that has a special move with the King, and * The Bishop is the only colorbound piece.
Sounds interesting. I wonder, what if one, or both, of the two princes is a Desert King, so to speak (A combination of the desert Wazir and the desert Ferz.) Knights could also move like the Chinese Mao, but capturing an enemy piece if it happens to be orthogonally adjacent, and they can capture multiple piece at the same turn. I would like to try the game as it is here. I'll wait for the preset.
I like this game !! I have an observation. If we merge the board rotated to the right with the board rotated to the left, We get Queens for Rooks, Unicorns (BNN) for Bishops, and NJZ (Knight + Camel + Zebra) for Knights, Queen of the Night (BRNN) for Queen. Sounds like a nice variant. If we subtract the original pieces movements from Rooks, Knight, and Bishops, we get Bishops for Rooks, Bisons for Knights, Nightriders for Bishops, and Unicorn for Queen. This makes a nice CwDA army. Don't you think ? I will post this into a new page, since it is a very different variant.
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