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16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Tue, Nov 10, 2020 03:21 AM UTC in reply to Ben Reiniger from Mon Nov 9 09:34 PM:

Hmmmmm... I think you're right about the last line. It is better for the riders to be in the last rank so the "minor" pieces can develop first but for some reason I haven't thought about it when making the setup, Woopsies!


💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Tue, Nov 10, 2020 06:37 AM UTC:

Tbh, I've been thinking to do something about the royals something like

a. modify the royals

b. add royals then make the player choose 4 royals out of all of them

c. reduce the number of royals in the game

and/or d. weaken the royals in their first move

I've been thinking of doing b but I'm not sure yet


💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Tue, Nov 10, 2020 01:03 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 08:37 AM:

I will be honest, No I haven't. I just don't know how to program it to something like Zillions or Courier but I understand the concern and will update the rules once I have actually playtested it

also by "only royals left", I meant by No Non-Royals Remain(meaning only Queen, Cardinal, Marshall, and/or Duke remaining) and it's after the move is made though I will probably change to "Only Royals and few(haven't yet decided on an actual number) Other Pieces Remain"


Seenschach. Variant on 10 by 10 board with lake in the middle and new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 84) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Thu, Nov 12, 2020 05:22 AM UTC in reply to KelvinFox from Wed Nov 11 10:50 PM:

if I'm not mistaken, it would be [WzB]

if I'm wrong, please correct me, I don't know fully get how to represent bent riders


16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Thu, Nov 12, 2020 10:39 AM UTC:

Hello

I tried to program this game to Zillions but I can't figure how to set the win condition


中象棋(Middle Xiangqi). Members-Only Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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Pandemonium (Surajang修羅場). Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Tue, Nov 17, 2020 03:58 AM UTC:

The many pieces promoting into a queen reminds me of shogi. just a suggestion but maybe it'd be better if Marshall and Cardinal promote into a Nightrider+Rook and Nightrider+Bishop pieces respectively and the knight can either promote into Scepter or Nightrider


Zhedric Meneses wrote on Wed, Nov 18, 2020 03:23 AM UTC in reply to Daphne Snowmoon from 03:02 AM:

ok, I'm just making a suggesting but you do you


16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Thu, Nov 19, 2020 01:14 AM UTC in reply to timurthelenk from Fri Nov 13 09:08 AM:

wait, giraffe is used for 4,2 or 3,2 leaper? i thought it's used for 4,1 leaper


💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Thu, Nov 19, 2020 02:00 AM UTC:

Hello, I know I'm already posting too many comments on this, I just wanna fix the game

While currently playtesting the game on Zillions, I'm thinking of ideas to try weaken the riders so that the game's more "fair" or smth

I'm thinking of making it a part-hopper, limit their range, or replace them entirely but I dunno yet, I just need ideas to weaken them

EDIT: ok, instead of "fixing" the riders, I'm going to try to update the rules


A Royal and His Pet. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Thu, Nov 19, 2020 04:59 AM UTC:

How did the pictures even got squished


💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Sat, Nov 21, 2020 12:36 AM UTC:

fixed


Apothecary Chess Tournament[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Sat, Nov 28, 2020 02:32 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from Fri Nov 27 11:01 AM:

I just saw the variants and wow they're interesting

I would love to join the tournament but I sadly won't because of school

I will instead say Good Luck to the tourneys


A Royal and His Pet. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Wed, Dec 2, 2020 01:50 AM UTC:

can this be approved now?


Pandemonium (Surajang修羅場). Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Thu, Dec 3, 2020 04:38 AM UTC in reply to Daphne Snowmoon from 02:11 AM:

just asking but why not the other ultima pieces in alfaerie


The birth of 3 new variants - part 1 : Grand Apothecary Chess Alert[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Sun, Dec 6, 2020 11:51 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 09:29 AM:

For RNN: Emperor since it's a very strong piece

For RpcRF: Mortar since it's a strong Cannon

For BWDD: Archbishop Cardinal or Pope since it's a strong Bishop


The birth of 3 new variants - part 2 : Grand Apothecary Chess Modern[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Sun, Dec 6, 2020 11:54 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 09:29 AM:

I dunno why but I'll name them Kyrin and Phoenix respectively

Probably because they remind me of the Chu Shogi pieces with the same name fsr


The birth of 3 new variants- part 3 : Grand Apothecary Chess Classic[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Sun, Dec 6, 2020 11:56 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 09:29 AM:

I'll just call them Gryphon and Aanca at this point


Pandemonium (Surajang修羅場). Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Mon, Dec 7, 2020 07:46 AM UTC:

nice choices for the icons of the promoted pieces


The birth of 3 new variants- part 3 : Grand Apothecary Chess Classic[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Tue, Dec 8, 2020 11:16 AM UTC:

While we're on the topic of mythical creatures, I wonder how many of them appeared in Chess Variants

I only know there's Unicorn, Dragon(?), Gryphon/Griffon, Aanca/Anqa, Kirin, and Phoenix


Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Sun, Dec 13, 2020 03:44 AM UTC:

To Be Honest, I prefer a setup where the King Queen pair is switched with the Missionaries and the Queen is now the Amazon and vice versa

yeah it may break the Original FIDE setup but it allows the weaker pieces to develop faster without the stronger ones joining in as well which I prefer and for Castling, I would just allow the King castle with the Sailor

but that's just my preference, you do you, the current setup is good enough for me to play on and not ruin the variant for me


Zhedric Meneses wrote on Mon, Dec 14, 2020 06:33 AM UTC in reply to Kevin Pacey from 06:10 AM:

probably lag or glitch


16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Zhedric Meneses wrote on Fri, Dec 18, 2020 03:18 PM UTC:

Hello

I think I'm going to change pieces a bit rn

The Unicorn now moves like Bison(Camel+Zebra) instead of Gnu(Camel+Knight)

also, there are now 5 "major" pieces, the 4 being the royals and one that moves like a Squirrel(Knight+Alfil+Dabbaba) whose royal name is Sovereign

basically, you have to choose 4 of them to be the royals and then the remaining one is placed where the Zebra was(yes, the Zebra is replaced by a non royal "major" piece)

lastly, as an optional rule, you may not have the same non royal "major" piece

I'm not going to update the page for now since it's night rn


Diagram testing thread[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Sat, Dec 19, 2020 12:31 PM UTC:

this is just for 16Chess with Updated Rules


Piece Value and Classification[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Zhedric Meneses wrote on Tue, Dec 22, 2020 02:08 PM UTC:

just asking but what's a fortress draw


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