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Astrohex. Members-Only Star-alike variant on irregular hexagons. (Cells: 72) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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Critter Mate Chess. Members-Only Minichess, but the king has a magical familiar. (6x6, Cells: 36) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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Nostromo. As Ripley, save astronauts from the Alien. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Fri, Feb 2 11:30 PM UTC in reply to Bn Em from 11:29 PM:

Thank you very much!

Lighthouse. Game like Chess and Makruk but on the half of chessboard with drops and full chess set used. (4x8, Cells: 32) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Ilya Yudovski wrote on Thu, Jan 25 08:47 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I love it. There are a lot of nice, sophisticated and interesting chess variants out there, but not many variants that I see myself actually playing. But Lighthouse will definitely be in my collection of mini-chess games I play with friends and colleagues. This game perfectly blends fast pace, simple and understandable rules, accessibility and an opportunity to enjoy the special spirit of Shogi.

Great work, Lev.

Home page of The Chess Variant Pages. Homepage of The Chess Variant Pages.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Ilya Yudovski wrote on Mon, Jan 22 12:09 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Sun Jan 21 05:51 PM:

I think it could be good for the publication process, except I doubt that regular members or novice inventors (like myself) should have a voting right on submissions. I think it would be better to save the voting right (or duty) for the senior members of the community - they have a better understanding of the chess variation subject, experience in writing (and reading) good submissions and, what is also important - have seen a lot of variants and could easily spot repetitions or occasional plagiarisms.

Fluky Chess. Fast-paced mini-chess variant with dice. (5x5, Cells: 25) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Jan 21 09:32 PM UTC in reply to Ben Reiniger from 07:16 PM:

Dear Ben, thank you very much for the observation - I'll change the first exception to "if the moved piece puts the enemy king in check" - so there would be no mistake. Originally, it was like you proposed, but in the playtest, we found that the second exception as it is makes the play more dynamic and, more importantly, gives more tactical planning possibilities.

Of course, in the tag and formatting part, I totally rely on your judgment as an editor.

Thank you for your help and approvement!

KingSwap!. A solitaire swap puzzle to escort your lazy King. (5x5, Cells: 25) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Jan 21 07:49 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

It is a very nice and creative take on the chess labyrinth kind of game. I tend to agree, that digital implementation could be the best way to make this game playable - cause it needs some algorithm that ensures that every starting position is solvable. Overall, I think it's a great minimalistic game that can be used in school tactical games clubs or as support material to teach the basics of chess.

Chess on a Tesseract. Chess played over the 24 two-dimensional sides of a tesseract. (24x(5x5), Cells: 504) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Dec 24, 2023 07:49 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Astounding. I don't think I'll ever play something so complex, but the concept and work are awesome. The case, when reading about game rules and design, is almost as exciting, as the play itself.

Apocalypse. Small variant of knights and pawns; objective is to take all pawns.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Ilya Yudovski wrote on Fri, Nov 3, 2023 05:47 PM UTC:

There is a good and very clear explanation of rules and gameplay routines - on the Triple S games YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyft7UQsQRM

Beast Chess. Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Oct 22, 2023 04:24 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Interesting variant, definitely looks wild and very dynamic.

Fluky Chess. Fast-paced mini-chess variant with dice. (5x5, Cells: 25) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Oct 22, 2023 04:19 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 04:12 PM:

Hello Bob!

Yes, you are right. I got a little impatient out there, but you definitely have a good point - there are a lot of inventors and probably a large backlog.

Best regards,

Ilya.

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Oct 22, 2023 03:50 PM UTC:

Dear editorial team, there was a little squeak of impatience, now deleted. Sorry, doesn't matter, take your time. Best regards, Ilya

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Mon, Oct 16, 2023 04:33 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 02:09 PM:

Dear Fergus,

Thank you very much for the help. Looks like all the cool fantasy names are long taken, so after a thoughtful search, I took inspiration from "Really Bad Chess" by Zach Gage and renamed my game to "Fluky Chess".

I think, that now my submission is ready.

For your consideration,

Best regards, Ilya

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Oct 15, 2023 11:18 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 10:40 PM:

Hello Fergus!

I think I did a Google search, strange it didn't come up right away. Maybe I made a grammar mistake.

Thank you very much for pointing this out, I've changed the name to Changeling Chess.

Best regards,

Ilya

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Oct 15, 2023 08:32 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 08:10 PM:

In any case, thank you very much for your contribution, I think your suggestions were in place.

Best regards, Ilya

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Oct 15, 2023 08:30 PM UTC in reply to Diceroller is Fire from 07:59 PM:

Лев - спасибо за пояснение, и спасибо за высокую оценку игры.

В любом случае, дополнения Боба были хорошей идеей.

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Oct 15, 2023 07:28 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from Sat Oct 14 11:32 PM:

Dear Bob,

Thank you for your feedback. Made some grammatical and clarification updates, and also added .stl files for anyone, who would like to 3D print the equipment.

Best regards,

Ilya

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sun, Oct 15, 2023 07:02 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from Sat Oct 14 11:32 PM:

Dear Bob,

Thank you for your feedback. Made some grammatical and clarification updates, and also added .stl files for anyone, who would like to 3D print the equipment.

Best regards,

Ilya

💡📝Ilya Yudovski wrote on Sat, Oct 14, 2023 10:54 PM UTC:

Dear editorial team!

I think my submission is ready for publication, I'll be glad to get it approved or to get the feedback for the needed changes or improvements.