Game Courier supports many different games. Here is one picked at random:
Adjutant Chess (with Adjutants) - The Adjutant, besides sliding on the diagnals, can slide on the orthogonals by ignoring the other colour (+zrf).

Medusa Chess II

If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Medusa Chess II here.
Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once

V R Parton, 1970. "Demigorgon chess." Medusas move as queens, and cannot capture, but immobilize any enemy unit which they attack.

Chess Variants

These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.

Bug reports? -- Thank you! Keep them coming!

Written by Ed Friedlander

WWW Page Added: Sunday, December 30, 2001 

/home1/chessvar/public_html/play/erf/Medusa2.html

Credits

Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.

See also

Comments

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This item is a Java program, It belongs to categories: Two dimensional, Orthodox chess set but with different initial setups, Orthodox chess set but with different capturing rules It is a 2 player game. It was last modified on: 2004-11-06 Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton. Medusa Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2005-01-05Nasmichael Farris Verified as Nasmichael FarrisExcellent

Great concept, solid gameplay; it is important to remember that the Demigorgons, or Medusas, cannot protect other pieces, but as Immobilizers, will petrify anyone who moves into their space, captures and thereby comes into direct line of sight of them, or sits adjacent to them. Calculations of strategy must therefore be modified during play--sections of the board may be closed up by frozen pieces, and that makes the whole game exciting and tense. That same 'closed board' may fly open in the later stages of the game. Thanks, Ed--job well done! Skeptical?--try one over the board with a chessfriend! See for yourself.

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