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Gross Raumschach. Larger, 4-player version of Raumschach. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
L. Lynn Smith wrote on Wed, Oct 8, 2003 01:01 PM UTC:
The classic name of a 3D piece which slides only orthogonal and diagonal
is
'Favourite'.

The classic name of a 3D piece which slides orthogonal, diagonal and
triagonal is 'Queen'.

The classic name of a 3D piece which steps orthogonal, diagonal and
triagonal is 'King'.

I am un-aware of any unique name for a 3D piece which steps only
orthogonal and diagonal.  But this too has often been called a 'King'. 
I propose the name 'Regent'.

In the Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi variant, an 'Emperor' can leap to any cell on
the playing field which is not under attack.  A very powerful piece, but
vulnerable since its capture is the goal of the game.

The name 'Empress' has been applied to the 2D piece which combines the
Rook and Knight movement.  It has also been applied to the 2D piece
called
'Amazon' which combines the Queen and Knight movement.

I write this not to criticize but merely to inform.  A developer has
every
right to call their pieces what they wish.

Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Oct 25, 2003 07:31 AM UTC:
My choices of name are based on consistency between 2d and 3d Chess. 2d Queens have been Rook+Bishop for centuries, and 2d Kings are even older. That's what I call classic. Among other inventors' variants Five Up has this Queen and Quadlevel, which uses neither the triagonal nor the same-rank diagonal, an even weaker one combining its own correspondingly weak Bishop with the Rook. Both games have Kings even weaker than mine. Of the uses you mention for Empress, R+B+N is very rare but has some affinity to R+B+U as being a triple compound, while R+N is mainly a problematist's usage. From other pages on this site I have observed a general preference for calling R+N a Marshal, which preference I have since supported in some of my 2d games.

Dave wrote on Wed, Dec 30, 2009 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I am a HUGE Raumschach fan, but this game blew me away. Are there any plans to commercialize this game, or maybe to 'ZILLIONS-ize' it?

Thanks for creating it !!!!!

Dave


Anonymous wrote on Mon, May 10, 2010 02:34 PM UTC:
Queen's move can also be read as 'any number of steps in any straight direction'. In 3d it's orthogonal, diagonal and triagonal. If there are no any compounds of only 2 straight directions in 2d game, better name for compound of all 3 is queen. However, if game have both orthogonal+diagonal and orthogonal+diagonal+triagonal, better name for first is queen, and empress for second. Buy the way, which name may be used for 4d queen (i mean, compound rook+bishop+unicorn+4d mover)?

💡📝Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, May 10, 2010 06:22 PM UTC:
You will see here that I don't do 4d. The nearest that I get is a third kind of diagonal on the hex-prism 3d geometry.

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