Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Sep 10, 2016 03:51 AM UTC:
Rule enforcing presets certainly aren’t necessary, but configuring it so lifting a piece shows the squares to which it can move is certainly helpful. Also, automation is very helpful for games with multiple moves, games with drops, etc, so you can play just by clicking the mouse.
As for creating games and not even bothering to make a plain preset, that I just don’t understand.
Kevin, regarding your neck and back troubles, if you haven’t done so, you should get an ergonomic keyboard and work environment (the right chair, desk and monitor at just the right height, etc.) I know from personal (painful) experience that this makes a huge difference.
As for sorting through this massive site for games worth looking at, I think Fergus has made great progress here, by compiling lists that are determined in different ways to try to identify them: http://www.chessvariants.com/which.html. I’d personally like to see some future updates to the Recognized Variants list.
Rule enforcing presets certainly aren’t necessary, but configuring it so lifting a piece shows the squares to which it can move is certainly helpful. Also, automation is very helpful for games with multiple moves, games with drops, etc, so you can play just by clicking the mouse.
As for creating games and not even bothering to make a plain preset, that I just don’t understand.
Kevin, regarding your neck and back troubles, if you haven’t done so, you should get an ergonomic keyboard and work environment (the right chair, desk and monitor at just the right height, etc.) I know from personal (painful) experience that this makes a huge difference.
As for sorting through this massive site for games worth looking at, I think Fergus has made great progress here, by compiling lists that are determined in different ways to try to identify them: http://www.chessvariants.com/which.html. I’d personally like to see some future updates to the Recognized Variants list.