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Navia Dratp. An upcoming commercial chess variant with collectible, tradable pieces. (7x7, Cells: 49) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]For those outside of the U.S. and still trying to acquire Navia Dratp feel free to drop me an e-mail. I know of a seller that ships internationally and may very well be able to help you out as long as supplies of the game last here. They charge very near actual shipping costs from the U.S. to most international destinations. I've heard this game has become quite the hot product following the Gen Con Indy convention this past weekend. [email protected]
PL, I have joined your Yahoo group and uploaded my pictures in an album called Painted Maseitai - Navia Dratp.
Jeremy, both the painted Maseitai and the booster Navia seem to appear 1 in every 12 boosters. Navia Dratp come in a case of 12 booster. If you buy a full case you should expect to get 1 painted Maseitai, 1 rare Navia (N-003 or N-004), and nearly two complete sets of the unpainted Maseitai numbered 15-29. The small set of figures are not all that collectible (or some would say they are very easy to collect) with only 33 pieces, but compare this to other miniature sets that may have only 20 to 30 different mini sculptures yet have 80 to 120 different pieces to collect. This set has 33 *different* high quality sculptures, and the 33 pieces is more than enough to add enough variety to this game. Still from a collectors standpoint I'd love to see future expansions.
P_L, I found both the Yeti and the Monster of Loch Ness, and oddly enough they were hiding in my Navia Dratp booster packs. I took some time out to attempt to take a few photos (at least the best I could take) of some of the Navia Dratp, Bandai painted chase playing pieces I have. I have sent them to both the graphics e-mail address for chessvariants and Matt Arnold. Hopefully one or the other will have a chance to possibly post them for you.
The 'official' painted pieces from Bandai are chase figures found only in the Navia Dratp booster packs, and seem to only include Maseitai numbered 1-14 (at least I haven't seen any above this number). At Origins a staff member at the Bandai booth told me that these painted figures would be found only in the booster packs and when building your team you could not duplicate the same figure within your team, with the exception of using one unpainted figure and another of the rare, chase, painted figures found in booster packs. The starter packs never have the painted Maseitai, only painted Navia (though some of the better unpainted Maseitai are found only in the starter packs). Navia are always painted and can never be duplicated within a team. The starters have Navia N-001 & N-002, while the booster packs are the only place to find Navia N-003 IO & N-004 Krra. Hope this helps.
Jeremy, I plan on painting a few of my unpainted Maseitai pieces too (for home play use), though I plan on using alternate colors than the *official* painted versions so that I can still tell them apart. The 'official' rare, painted Maseitai I would believe are the only pieces legal to be doubled up (paired with an unpainted version) in your team. It doesn't seem like there is any special marking to differentiate the offically painted pieces versus the unpainted pieces, but there is an ID number on every figure that seems like it can be used for this purpose. So far the only 'official' painted playing pieces I have seen are the 14 Maseitai from the starter sets. Starter set pieces seem to have a different set of ID numbers (52604), than the boosters (21704, 41704, 61704). Since unpainted Maseitai numbered 1-14 are not found in the boosters, the rare, 'officially' painted Maseitai from Bandai will have the set of ID numbers from booster pack pieces only. Has anyone found Navia Dratp playing pieces with other ID numbers than the ones I listed above? It would be nice to have a list of which ID numbers occur in which formats (starter or booster packs) to help confirm if pieces are officially painted by Bandai or painted by another player or collector.
7.) Chess/Check question: In Chess, if by moving a piece (other than your King) you leave your King open to be taken next turn, does your opponent need to announce that that move would cause checkmate, or can your opponent simply take your King to win the game next turn? Because of a lack of rules concerning the check Navia Dratp I'd like to simply be consistance with the Chess check/checkmate rules. The scenario I had in mind is where there are three pieces all in the same column. My King (Navia) was on its end line with the dratp Nebguard (forward Bishop) one space in front of my Navia. Three spaces in front of my Nebguard/Bishop was my opponents dratp Agunilyos (Queen). If the Nebguard/Bishop moves away diagonally and exposes the King/Navia can the Agunilyos/Queen simply take the King/Navia for the win?
Matt, my name is Robert Pedroza, now Tek34 on this board. I entered my name in my previous post, but it must have been lost in the validation process. I agree with you on #6. I just finished a long game won by Navia Goal. I didn't think the Navia Goal win was too likely a scenario, but in long game with few pieces remaining it becomes much more viable. I didn't have enough gyullas or fire power left to eventually dratp my navia, so I slowly sneaked my Navia forward until I was two moves away from the end line. At that point even the dratped Agunilyos (moves like a Queen) couldn't position itself to stop the end line run.
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