🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Apr 20, 2020 10:45 AM EDT:
Here's something I just thought of while making breakfast. You can organize your piece descriptions in a way that minimizes the reading that has to be done by someone who is familiar with Metamachy, Shako, or Chess. You could start with the pieces that are new to this game. Then you could say that the remaining pieces move as they do in Metamachy, which will signal someone already familiar with Metamachy that he doesn't have to read any further. Continuing with the remaining pieces for completeness, you could then describe the pieces in Metamachy that aren't used in Shako. Then for someone who knows Shako but not Metamachy, you could say that the remaining pieces move as they do in Shako. Then you could describe the pieces that are in Shako but not in Chess. Finally, when you get to the pieces from Chess, you could say these all move as they do in Chess and just include brief descriptions for completeness. For Chess pieces that move differently than they do in Chess, you can describe them at a higher level. In this way, you could create a series of stop points where someone who knows other games would already know how to play and could stop reading further.
Here's something I just thought of while making breakfast. You can organize your piece descriptions in a way that minimizes the reading that has to be done by someone who is familiar with Metamachy, Shako, or Chess. You could start with the pieces that are new to this game. Then you could say that the remaining pieces move as they do in Metamachy, which will signal someone already familiar with Metamachy that he doesn't have to read any further. Continuing with the remaining pieces for completeness, you could then describe the pieces in Metamachy that aren't used in Shako. Then for someone who knows Shako but not Metamachy, you could say that the remaining pieces move as they do in Shako. Then you could describe the pieces that are in Shako but not in Chess. Finally, when you get to the pieces from Chess, you could say these all move as they do in Chess and just include brief descriptions for completeness. For Chess pieces that move differently than they do in Chess, you can describe them at a higher level. In this way, you could create a series of stop points where someone who knows other games would already know how to play and could stop reading further.