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Charles Gilman wrote on Thu, Nov 25, 2010 02:27 PM EST:
There has been much talk on these pages of square boards being presented as hex - ort if you prfer, hex boards being used for square games. However, has anyone ever considered a hex board which each player interprets in a different way? After all, it is easy enough to imagine a standard hex board being used for a game that resolves to:











but what about one that White sees as:











and Black as











where upright pieces represent standard FIDE ones and sideways ones something more exotic? Do you understand the idea?