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Wildrider Chess. Large variant hoped to be easy to get into. Revision of Kjempe Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Martin Nilsson wrote on Fri, May 16 07:46 PM UTC:

This page of mine is ready for publication for the following reasons:

  • The rules are clear, unambiguous, and easy-to-understand.
  • The rules are comprehensive.
  • There is a locally-hosted setup image, or the setup is the same as Chess.
  • Locally-hosted images are being used for pieces, or only Chess pieces are being used.
  • The piece names are linked to Piececlopedia articles when there are any.
  • No code on the page is broken, or it has no code.

💡📝Martin Nilsson wrote on Fri, May 16 07:48 PM UTC:

This is only a slight revision of Kjempe Chess, but I choose to post it as a separate entry, as this new variant is less playtested at the moment, and the changes are enough to alter the character of the game.

The changes from Kjempe Chess are as follows:

The Kjempe, FfRsbR2, becomes a Skirmisher, mQcK. The Skirmisher should still be able to fill a defensive role on the flank, but can also move forward past the pawn rank and attack in a flexible way, or switch flanks more easily than the Kjempe could. Which according to my thinking here should be a good thing, since large areas of the big board tend to become less relevant after castling in this game.

The Woodlander, NbR, becomes a Wildrider, NfR. A. M. DeWitt had suggested NvR for the Woodlander, which is very similar to what I did here. The Wildrider should be able to go to attack easily, and can control files in front of it.

Please let me know what you think! I will post a Game Courier implementation soon.


🔔Notification on Fri, May 16 08:53 PM UTC:

The editor Fergus Duniho has revised this page.


🔔Notification on Fri, May 16 08:57 PM UTC:

The editor Fergus Duniho has published this page.


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