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House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time. (8x8, Cells: 87) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]it's ok :)
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]you got enough variants going here Joe? he he, well another great looking 'shatranj' type game, terrific idea with 'jumpingking'! + direction changing pieces very interesting!
Grand Shatranj. Grand Shatranj. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]looks terrific, interesting pieces, i like the way you have the 'grand chess' set up, and great to see 10 pieces only in total on a 10x10 board. some people go crazy with the amount of pieces they use :)) lol
Great Shatranj. Great Shatranj. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]great 'shatranj like' pieces .. concerning rook or dabbaba, both variants would be ok, but i do feel the dabbaba is a cool piece, fits in well with the others, and should not be too weak combined with the other 'strong' pieces.
Two Large Shatranj Variants. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]brilliant collection of games
Symmetrical Chess Collection
. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]i will just finish up my rating spree that i started the other day with these last couple of games
Dimension X. Chess on two planes - one with the usual chess pieces, the other with spooky trans-dimensional pieces with strange interactions. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]ahhhhhaaa well i trust your opinion you know :) .. have to decline game offer, not starting any new games at the moment, i was just interested to know how the 'spider' play-tested, if it slowed down the game, but looking more at the rules, and it finally sinking in, i like how the spider/crab/etc don't move on fide board, and how they go from fide board to x board. i see that dimension x is going well in score count for up-coming tourney, so i think we shall see this game play-tested well, i look forward to seeing the games. anyway, looks terrific to me, well done.
Templar Chess. Features the unorthodox Templar on a board with eight extra squares. (8x10, Cells: 72) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]i have only just recently played this game, the 'templar' is a great piece, it plays well with the normal chess set-up (adding dabbaba move) the board is great too with the added space at the back. cool game.
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]oops this game needs a ratings boost, where are you shatranj lovers!
Shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]ahhhh shogi, love the drops
Xiangqi: Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]hey here is another 'good' rating for an 'excellent' game :)
Janggi - 장기 - Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]oh this should be rated better than good!
Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]this game is a classic
Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]ok i have my rating cap on :) well this game is a legend in chess variant world, so i'll start here, great fun with different armies :)
Royal Magician's Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]hey this looks good, i like the idea of these pieces dropping pieces the further up the board they go, should make for interesting chess, well done. (zrf?)
The Travelers. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]wow this game is stunning. it's hard to find words to describe properley, but, it really is unbelievable, a work of art. apart from the 'displacer', all the pieces move fairly simply. But the gameplay is far from simple, it is extremely complex, rich in depth. Beautiful game. Roberto and i are playing 2 games on game courier for anyone interested in checking it out. It would a major disappointment if this game does not make it's way to zillions.
Xorix Shogi. Shogi where piece movement are XORed with captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]wow, your really 'out there' blackie, trippy game, well done. (probably the 2 ratings you got were a bit premature, so lets *bump* it)
Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]once again, chess reflects life :)
Transmitter Chess. Drone pieces have no movement until activated by one of three friendly Transmitters. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]looks pretty good, you didn't say what rank pawns promote did you? .. 8th rank sounds cool to me :)
Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside),. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]looks brilliant!! where is the zrf!!! lol :)
American Chess. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]american chess, how can i praise this game enough. stunning, highly original,beautiful game. love the soldier, colonel, artillery, missile, 3 kings, the rule about having to have a king in the 'zone', and pieces promoting to kings on final rank. also the 50 move rule is soooo cool. the missile ... ooooh baby, lol, what a piece, awesomely powerful, yet it is totally playable because it can't hit the final rank. as someone said, you can feel the power of this piece throughout the game. best game i've seen all year i would say. well done andy, and supreme thanks to larry for making this a zillions game.
4-Way Chess
. Commercial fourhanded chess variant.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]well this is a better than you used to have it. i think you should look at the way 4 player chaturanga is played, and use that idea for this game. There is a 'doublemate' variant, (also a king capture team based variant too) where the goal is to mate the kings. when a king is mated, everything remains, but the mated player misses their turn (while in mate, their pieces can be taken), but only if 'held' in mate .. the mated persons team-mate can try to release them from mate, and if they do, the 'unmated' player starts to move again .. pretty exciting. there is also a variant, with everyone against everyone, played with king capture (no mate) which is pretty wild, to say the least .. he he .. you could of course play your game like that too.
Nova Chess 100. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]wow this looks great, obviously a lot of work has gone into making NovaChess. Graphics are cool, and so many fairy pieces, it is like a world of fairy chess! Lots of interesting and fun pieces too, and great with 2 kings! :)
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