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Dealer's Chess. Armies are chosen by dealing special cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Bob Greenwade wrote on Fri, Dec 1, 2023 10:47 AM EST:

Part of what I think I'll do here is include a couple of paragraphs at the top of the GC rules section for this, explaining how to interpret the card ID codes. Things like:

  • Variants on a piece have the base piece symbol first, then any modifying adjectives. For example, the standard Pawn is P; the Mongolian Pawn is PM; the Berolina Pawn is PB; the Mongolian Berolina Pawn is PMB.
  • Pawns with a caret (^) at the end of their ID are Mecklenbeck Pawns; that is, instead of promoting at the back row, they promote at the opponent's Pawn row. That would make the Mecklenbeck Mongolian Berolina Pawn PMB^.
  • Letters appearing in lower-case on the cards can be considered extensions of the preceding capital. For example, [Insert example here.]

That sort of thing.