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danielmacduff wrote on Tue, Jun 18, 2013 11:03 AM EDT:Good ★★★★
Jupiter. Huge chess variant on 16 by 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 10:31 PM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★Overly large, not every piece described, some incongruencies (ie. West and East General, also not represented.) 8/13/13: Wow. Just wow. That was harsh. Why not pursue massive sizes of game? But, still, you need to fix the lack of pieces!
Home page of The Chess Variant Pages. Homepage of The Chess Variant Pages.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2013 02:26 PM EDT:Another thing that would be great is an offline app. Yup.
danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2013 02:50 PM EDT:That's fine. Most of my ideas started as simple notes. I make few changes when sending them to the pages, and there may be holes.
Ziggurat. Mesopotamian-themed variant on a 43-square board. (13x5, Cells: 43) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Thu, Jun 27, 2013 02:31 PM EDT:How do Spearmen promote? Do they?
Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 11:10 PM EDT:Good ★★★★I like it. Two things to note. 1. Could a Queen push the last Pawn onto the last enemy pawn, which on the last rank, promoting it and tying the game? 2. You should make a fun variant with different armies for the clans.
Sudoku War. A fight that takes place in a Sudoku. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 11:15 PM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★Incredible idea! The only question is what should come next...
Piececlopedia: Wolf. A doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Mon, Jul 15, 2013 10:26 AM EDT:Good ★★★★How could it move to the Alfil square?
danielmacduff wrote on Tue, Jul 16, 2013 12:22 PM EDT:Now that makes sense. You have to turn 45 degrees twice, but not in the same direction.
danielmacduff wrote on Fri, Jul 19, 2013 02:44 PM EDT:I can understand that. I never am good at explaining (or creating!) rules.
PiRaTeKnIcS. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 01:48 PM EDT:I cannot reach the animated file. The link 404's.
Random Wormhole Chess. Introduces "wormholes" and "toroidal" movement in a fun and manageable way. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 08:11 PM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★I like it. It isn't the same at all as other wormhole variants.
ChessWar
. Strategic game played with chess pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Tue, Aug 13, 2013 10:43 PM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★I thought it was one of the best battle variants I've seen.
danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Aug 14, 2013 08:40 PM EDT:All righty. I am starting an entirely unofficial design contest for the tenth team. I will pick out the five ideas I like most out of all I get by 2014, and whoever's idea I like the absolute best will get to name the tenth world.
Neptune. A strange Chesslike game that was found in January of 2019. (Cells: 271) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Wed, Aug 14, 2013 10:26 PM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★Really Nice Game.
Home page of The Chess Variant Pages. Homepage of The Chess Variant Pages.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]danielmacduff wrote on Sat, Sep 21, 2013 03:19 PM EDT:Yes, indeed, it would. I hate staring at posts removed but still indexed. It irks me. And as to the website being dead, I think it just about is. Perhaps a design contest might intrigue ex-varianteers?
danielmacduff wrote on Sun, Sep 22, 2013 09:17 PM EDT:I don't play because I lack the knowledge and for the most part the time to make my games. (Ok, I have the time, but I can spend that playing them.)
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