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Novo Chess. War game chess variant from the Netherlands, 1937. (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

gwduke wrote on Sat, Aug 9, 2003 05:58 PM UTC:

I don't consider this a 3-d game at all like Charles Gilman's comment suggests, but it is important for another feature. Novo Chess has the first historic use of pieces with movements Bishop-like, Knight-like, Rook-like and Falcon-like all in one game. Its Motor Unit has four of Falcon's six patterns, but not the two 'split' Falcon ones. I believe Novo, maybe under different name, was marketed in North America in fifties or sixties. However, game itself does not play so well because of too many features and piece types. George William Duke