Game Reviews (and other rated comments on Game pages)
Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since it's the featured variant for this month.
Banzai Chess. Members-Only Friendly pieces can be pushed and pushed pieces can bounce. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This looks like a good idea but I am not so sure of its practicality. The board might end up very crowded and we need to see a game simulation before deciding on its "greatness".
The 4 stars are only for the name. I like the idea of using Cleopatra as a seducing piece.
I had this idea of making pieces switch sides for a long time, but I always thought that the person in charge of finances could do this job, which is more realistic.
The Marvellous Megafauna. A diverse Chess with Different Armies faction with riders and leapers. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]KNS is about 11 Pawn.
Self Eliminator. You are allowed to take your own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I had the same idea yesterday, glad to know I am not alone. What about en passant? If introduced, it should be applied "from behind", so e.g. after c4, white could capture its c4 pawn moving b2 or d2 to c3.
Janggi - 장기 - Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Here's an example:
Smess. 
Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Quadrhombic Chess. Members-Only Orientation of four board sectors is changed. (Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
Grolman Chess. Members-Only Game with sequential movement of pieces of the same color. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
Macadamia Shogi. Pieces promote on capture to multi-capturing monsters. (13x13, Cells: 169) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Macadamia Shogi is, by a hefty margin, my favourite Shogi variant of the larger boards to date. Maka Dai Dai was previously the most enjoyable to me, but 400 moves later I'm stil in the middle game and it feels more like committing to a project than playing a game. Macadamia Shogi really helps alleviate this without detracting too much from the main points of appeal of Maka Dai Dai in my opinion. My heartfelt thanks to H. G. Muller for assembling this variant!
I also root for his success with the C localserver project if it still considered in the pipeline.
Admittedly, the main purpose for my comment to this page though would actually be to raise awareness--if it weren't already known--that the kanji character piece set for the js board on this website has sadly seemed to have broken partially, as a few of the pieces may be missing links now, or at least otherwise aren't loading on multiple browsers I've tested with. I was hoping that these could be potentially restored, as they were a much preferred visual setting.
Anyway, thanks again for all the hard work you've done for chess variants and the like, and I wish you good luck with the future endeavours!!
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