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Diceroller is Fire wrote on Sun, Nov 26, 2023 03:04 PM EST:

This game is considered as ready.

Yes, name is awful, but…


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Nov 26, 2023 03:36 PM EST in reply to Diceroller is Fire from 03:04 PM:

The name may be awful, but it's awful in a very fun way. Please don't change it!


H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Nov 26, 2023 04:57 PM EST in reply to Bob Greenwade from 03:36 PM:

I see no reason to allow "aka" in the name of an article. If the variant is really widely known under various different names multiple entries for it can be made in the index. I doubt that this is the case here, though.


Bn Em wrote on Sun, Nov 26, 2023 05:29 PM EST:

I think this makes the first time I've seen Gilman's Caddied Pawn (your Axeman) in actual use :‌)

This would ofc be equally interesting with more different pawns on a larger variant

(and as for the name, I don't necessarily disagree about the ‘aka’, but either suggested name is fine afaict — and it's less verbose than some of the other games on these pages)


Diceroller is Fire wrote on Mon, Nov 27, 2023 12:49 PM EST in reply to Bn Em from Sun Nov 26 05:29 PM:

changed “aka” to “or”


Bob Greenwade wrote on Mon, Nov 27, 2023 12:52 PM EST in reply to Diceroller is Fire from 12:49 PM:

To really make that work, I'd recommend putting a semicolon after the first "Chess" and a comma after the "or."


Diceroller is Fire wrote on Mon, Nov 27, 2023 01:00 PM EST in reply to Bob Greenwade from 12:52 PM:

Maximally comma after Chess. This is maximal size of name.


A. M. DeWitt wrote on Thu, Jan 25, 2024 08:20 PM EST:

This page would benefit from having a setup diagram and piece images mapped to their descriptions.


Ben Reiniger wrote on Thu, Jan 25, 2024 08:30 PM EST in reply to A. M. DeWitt from 08:20 PM:

It's also, I think, miscategorized.

Not Usual Equipment, because you have to differentiate all the pawns.

Not dice: I don't think the use of dice in initial setup randomization counts (precedent?).

Not crossover: blending different chess variants doesn't count (or almost all of them would be in this category); it requires blending with some other, more different, game.


And what does "Price" mean?


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