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Game Reviews by CBagleyJones
it's ok :)
you got enough variants going here Joe? he he, well another great looking 'shatranj' type game, terrific idea with 'jumpingking'! + direction changing pieces very interesting!
looks terrific, interesting pieces, i like the way you have the 'grand chess' set up, and great to see 10 pieces only in total on a 10x10 board. some people go crazy with the amount of pieces they use :)) lol
great 'shatranj like' pieces .. concerning rook or dabbaba, both variants would be ok, but i do feel the dabbaba is a cool piece, fits in well with the others, and should not be too weak combined with the other 'strong' pieces.
brilliant collection of games
i will just finish up my rating spree that i started the other day with these last couple of games
ahhhhhaaa well i trust your opinion you know :) .. have to decline game offer, not starting any new games at the moment, i was just interested to know how the 'spider' play-tested, if it slowed down the game, but looking more at the rules, and it finally sinking in, i like how the spider/crab/etc don't move on fide board, and how they go from fide board to x board. i see that dimension x is going well in score count for up-coming tourney, so i think we shall see this game play-tested well, i look forward to seeing the games. anyway, looks terrific to me, well done.
i have only just recently played this game, the 'templar' is a great piece, it plays well with the normal chess set-up (adding dabbaba move) the board is great too with the added space at the back. cool game.
oops this game needs a ratings boost, where are you shatranj lovers!
ahhhh shogi, love the drops
hey here is another 'good' rating for an 'excellent' game :)
oh this should be rated better than good!
this game is a classic
ok i have my rating cap on :) well this game is a legend in chess variant world, so i'll start here, great fun with different armies :)
hey this looks good, i like the idea of these pieces dropping pieces the further up the board they go, should make for interesting chess, well done. (zrf?)
wow this game is stunning. it's hard to find words to describe properley, but, it really is unbelievable, a work of art. apart from the 'displacer', all the pieces move fairly simply. But the gameplay is far from simple, it is extremely complex, rich in depth. Beautiful game. Roberto and i are playing 2 games on game courier for anyone interested in checking it out. It would a major disappointment if this game does not make it's way to zillions.
wow, your really 'out there' blackie, trippy game, well done. (probably the 2 ratings you got were a bit premature, so lets *bump* it)
once again, chess reflects life :)
looks pretty good, you didn't say what rank pawns promote did you? .. 8th rank sounds cool to me :)
looks brilliant!! where is the zrf!!! lol :)
american chess, how can i praise this game enough. stunning, highly original,beautiful game. love the soldier, colonel, artillery, missile, 3 kings, the rule about having to have a king in the 'zone', and pieces promoting to kings on final rank. also the 50 move rule is soooo cool. the missile ... ooooh baby, lol, what a piece, awesomely powerful, yet it is totally playable because it can't hit the final rank. as someone said, you can feel the power of this piece throughout the game. best game i've seen all year i would say. well done andy, and supreme thanks to larry for making this a zillions game.
well this is a better than you used to have it. i think you should look at the way 4 player chaturanga is played, and use that idea for this game. There is a 'doublemate' variant, (also a king capture team based variant too) where the goal is to mate the kings. when a king is mated, everything remains, but the mated player misses their turn (while in mate, their pieces can be taken), but only if 'held' in mate .. the mated persons team-mate can try to release them from mate, and if they do, the 'unmated' player starts to move again .. pretty exciting. there is also a variant, with everyone against everyone, played with king capture (no mate) which is pretty wild, to say the least .. he he .. you could of course play your game like that too.
wow this looks great, obviously a lot of work has gone into making NovaChess. Graphics are cool, and so many fairy pieces, it is like a world of fairy chess! Lots of interesting and fun pieces too, and great with 2 kings! :)
this game plays really well, the elephants moving as alfil and non-capturing dabbaba is great, love it, opening set up interesting too, especially with the elephants on same color square!
ahhhhhhhhhaaaa lol!! so, SRC is funny and on the level wow, didn't see that coming :) only one thing to do now, give it an 'excellent' :) god bless SRC, and please forgive all those doubters he he (*whistles*) (oh btw, pretty cool idea about the rules being mysterious)
actually the case of kings on a1 and c2 pawn on a2 is a success for showdown chess because it makes a win for black instead of a draw, which would happen in normal chess after white plays Kc1 (this is a replacement for normal chess not shatranj). Black must of played the brilliant (he he) ... a3-a2!! thus winning the game. You are just looking at the 'normal' rules if you are disappointed at 'having' to move your king away, you should not of got yourself in that position. Of course, i don't like these attempts to make chess with less draws, i am in favor of giving (as far as tournaments go) either no points for draws, same as losing, or 2 points for wins, half for draws, but best would be to come up with a different chess altogether ha ha, but not those variants with rook/knight and bishop/knight combo's. Terrible pieces :) we should go back to good old 4 handed chaturanga :) anyway, showdown chess is at least an attempt to somehow address the major promblem of the terrible state of draws in modern chess, i don't think it deserves a 'poor' rating so i will throw in a 'good'.
ok well i've played this game a few times now, and yes, it is a brilliant game. congrats :)
Crazyhouse is not a recognized variant of the month? i don't know how that could be, it shouldn't even have to be voted on, not a hour goes by on the planet where a crazyhouse game is not being played, and that is a conservative estimate. you should make crazyhouse a recognized variant along with whatever other game you recognize in a future month
yes this game can't have a 'poor' rating, it's fantastic :)) it would be even better with the cannon prob fixed, but even still, that can't make it anything less than .. fantastic :)
you have to love the name .. 'gridlock' lol, what a classic :)
that program is great that at http://www.chaturanga.com/ .. default variant is 'double mate' where red/yellow play against black/green, winning by checkmating both enemy kings, or reducing them to lone king. red can say mate black, but that doesn't mean it is permanent, just that black does not move every time it is blacks move .. green can release black by attacking etc, or it may be in red/yellow's interest to actually release black, it is pretty amazing!! another great variant is 'rajah capture, which can be played with teams or everyone against everyone. kings can be taken in this variant, there is no mates. all these games are brilliant, always lots of action.
yes, i can see what you mean, but, the 'unrecognizable' is at the moment being played on game courier, and also has this page, and others pages also yes?, if you make it 'unrecognized' but keep this page and others .. that just doesn't look professional to me, this great site, having info about chaturanga but deeming it 'unrecognized'.. a game which i see as the 'mother' of chess. i can't see how it hurts keeping it 'recognized', i think 'recognized' means more than just being able to see all the rules etc
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