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@ Bob Greenwade — Contributor, Member[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Mar 23, 2024 01:19 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 02:08 AM:

That's not really what I was thinking either. I thought you could have the wings be much bigger and coming out of the base, more vertical than that. Maybe it would look bad.


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Mar 23, 2024 03:38 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 03:13 PM:

Board edge is o.

Is vRvoyambasRvoyambasyazR the piece you wanted?


Grand Apothecary Chess-Alert. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Mar 23, 2024 08:26 PM UTC:

I can't see the Warlock on the interactive diagram.

Also, I'm wondering where the name Warlock for ZW comes from, or if it's original to this game.


Mega House Hexagonal Chess (MHH Chess). An enlarged version of Full house hexagonal chess by Kevin Pacey. Game with 72 pieces. (13x13, Cells: 127) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Mar 24, 2024 03:13 PM UTC in reply to Florin Lupusoru from 10:25 AM:

Have you seen Heroes Hexagonal Chess or my attempt? You might find those less samey.


@ Bob Greenwade — Contributor, Member[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Mar 24, 2024 03:20 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 02:15 PM:

Tat does look much better than how it started.


Fairyranga. Game based on Chaturanga & Makruk with Southeastern, Mongolian and even Russian elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Mar 24, 2024 03:24 PM UTC:

I like the idea of the Silver Elephant. This would be fun to try.


@ Bob Greenwade — Contributor, Member[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Tue, Mar 26, 2024 03:36 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 02:58 PM:

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Grand Apothecary Chess-Alert. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Wed, Mar 27, 2024 02:50 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 12:37 PM:

I'm using vivaldi, but I don't see it in firefox either. Changing to a relative path doesn't seem to make any difference


Herculean Chess. (Updated!) 12 x 12 version of chess featuring 4 Rooks, 4 Bishops, 4 Leapers and 22 pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Wed, Mar 27, 2024 05:59 PM UTC:

The interactive diagram on this page has a miscolored ferz-knight for black


@ Bob Greenwade — Contributor, Member[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Wed, Mar 27, 2024 09:01 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 02:50 PM:

I think the windmill would work well on a hexagonal board, since there aren't diagonals. A similar piece (could be called the circumnavigator) is one that moves around the outside of a group of friendly pieces.


Games on Game Courier. A listing of Chess variants for Game Courier, ranked by number of times played.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Fri, Mar 29, 2024 03:03 PM UTC:

There are still tables, such as on this page, that don't work with the dark theme.


Hundred Acre Chess. Members-Only Game Courier preset for Hundred Acre Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

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Play-test applet for chess variants. (Updated!) Applet you can play your own variant against.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Fri, Mar 29, 2024 04:30 PM UTC:

Is the Paste Diagram description here: input broken?


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Fri, Mar 29, 2024 06:58 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 05:26 PM:

well it works now so I guess I was doing something wrong


@ Bob Greenwade — Contributor, Member[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Mar 30, 2024 02:47 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 02:38 PM:

Couldn't the Bypass use smaller circles?


Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Mar 30, 2024 07:19 PM UTC:

the ferz knight in this interactive diagram is wrongly colored for black


Fairy-Max: an AI for playing user-defined Chess variants. A chess engine configurable for playing a wide variety of chess variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Mar 30, 2024 08:30 PM UTC:

Is the Sissa possible in fairy-max?


Neohex. Chess variant on irregular hexagons. (Cells: 60) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Mar 30, 2024 10:20 PM UTC:

I agree that it's hard to understand with the board distorted so much


FOOD FIGHT. Besides a Royal Chef, all the pieces are named after food items. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Mar 31, 2024 03:06 AM UTC:

somehow it says

Web page created: 2024-01-26. Web page last updated: 2023-11-25


Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Mar 31, 2024 03:44 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Sat Mar 30 10:17 PM:

This still is white for me.


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Mar 31, 2024 04:22 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 03:51 PM:

ok, that does fix it


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Mar 31, 2024 07:31 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 07:09 PM:

Whatever it is, it's not on my end. I've cleared the cache multiple times, tried different browsers and a different device even, and always see the white knightferz except with ?nocache=true (when viewing the image directly)


Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Mar 31, 2024 07:49 PM UTC:

I'll nominate Ajax Chess.


Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Daniel Zacharias wrote on Mon, Apr 1, 2024 12:28 AM UTC:

In my current game I am trying to make a move to the promotion zone but decline promotion, but it doesn't work. I keep seeing the promotion options as long as I choose to not promote.


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