Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Michael Nelson wrote on Tue, Mar 2, 2004 04:15 PM UTC:I've been experimenting with a Rococo/Ultima variant of my own. It uses the 8x8 board and the following pieces from Rococo: Long Leaper Swapper Immobilizer King Cannon Pawn The Advancer and Withdrawer are replaced by a single Pushme-Pullyu and an Archer is added. I have also added an FIDE Queen and a new piece: the Shield-any piece adjacent to a friendly Shield is immune form capture (the Shield itself is capturable). I've also made some rule changes. Immobilizers do not immobilize each other. Swappers cannot swap with each other (but can capture by mutual destruction). Only one capture per turn is allowed--the Long Leaper can make only one leap, and a Pushme-Pullyu can't both Advance and Withdraw in the same turn. The Archer is made more powerful. It can rifle-capture orthogonally or diagonally any distance as long as some friendly piece is 1 or 2 (unobstructed) squares away orthogally or diagonally from the target. When the target is 1 or 2 squares away from the Archer, no second piece is needed. An immobilized piece can spot for the Archer, just as an immobilized piece can act as a mount for a Cannon Pawn. I'm experimenting with the best setup and I need a catchy name. Playtesting so far indicated that this is a quite interesting game. Comments? Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Rococo Variant does not match any item.
