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Game Reviews by danielmacduff

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Jupiter. Huge chess variant on 16 by 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2013 02:31 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Overly large, not every piece described, some incongruencies (ie. West and East General, also not represented.)

8/13/13: Wow.  Just wow.  That was harsh.  Why not pursue massive sizes of game?  But, still, you need to fix the lack of pieces!

Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Sun, Jul 14, 2013 03:10 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
I like it.  Two things to note.

1. Could a Queen push the last Pawn onto the last enemy pawn, which on the last rank, promoting it and tying the game?

2. You should make a fun variant with different armies for the clans.

Sudoku War. A fight that takes place in a Sudoku. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Sun, Jul 14, 2013 03:15 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Incredible idea!  The only question is what should come next...

Random Wormhole Chess. Introduces "wormholes" and "toroidal" movement in a fun and manageable way. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Sun, Jul 28, 2013 12:11 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I like it. It isn't the same at all as other wormhole variants.

ChessWarA game information page
. Strategic game played with chess pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Aug 14, 2013 02:43 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I thought it was one of the best battle variants I've seen.

Neptune. A strange Chesslike game that was found in January of 2019. (Cells: 271) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 02:26 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Really Nice Game.

PASGL 312 Chess. Critters steal lunch in the forest, while trying to get close to the campfire and avoid the train. (Cells: 68) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 03:13 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
Another subvariant would be to add a row on each side and superimpose The Game of the Trees.  Every piece can travel on grass, shrubbery, and trees equally (Perhaps a Shrew in the trees can't be squashed, or a Deer can eat grass and shrubbery...).  Other than movement, trees would block everything.  Just a suggestion.

Update (like six hours later): Perhaps This Game is for the Birds could be worked in too...  The Ultimate Outdoor Trifecta Chess would be very strange indeed...

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