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Themed Chess Variants. A listing of chess variants based an various themes.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Fri, Dec 29, 2023 06:39 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 06:11 PM:

I'm not sure we need a Miscellaneous/Novelty theme. These could probably be replaced with more specific themes.

How about Novelty/Humor? My waiting Food Fight game would fit in that for sure.

SF/Fantasy/Futuristic. I'm thinking of splitting this into Science Fiction and Fantasy, which are really distinct themes, and rolling Futuristic into Science Fiction.

Sometimes Science Fiction and Fantasy are blended in one setting, and other subgenres can be included like Horror and Superhero. Perhaps the overall theme can be Speculative, with those four (to start) as subcategories.

Wargames/Roleplaying. I know that wargames inspired RPG games like D&D, and these may share in common things like simulated combat. Of the two, Chess variants are usually more like wargames than they are like RPGs. But we do already have a Wargame category. So, I'm wondering whether a Wargame theme would serve any purpose that the category doesn't already serve.

I do have a couple of things in mind that would be RPG-themed, but they fit more in with Crossovers than the actual genre, and I think most others along those lines do as well. I think Theme:Crossover:RPG:[game] would work.

I fully agree with everything else.