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Novo Chess. War game chess variant from the Netherlands, 1937. (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]In contrast to Hanga Roa, Novo Chess' complicated Rules take up to an hour to master and so would not be enjoyable to many for that reason. Here in 1930's are four of the six Falcon movements in Novo's Motor Unit: o-o-d, d-o-o, d-d-o and o-d-d, orthogonal and diagonal. Rated Excellent before, Novo shows interesting features, such as Squares for transit by certain pieces, that also block off mobility, copied in principle in Jacks & Witches and also Chess with Terrain, among others. Also, the one- and two-stepping diagonal mover is found in the Bicycle Unit in early use here. The General Staff's ''switching'' is reminiscent of Swapper of Rococo.