Check out Janggi (Korean Chess), our featured variant for December, 2024.


[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ]
[ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ]
[ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]

Single Comment

Constabulary Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
François Houdebert wrote on Mon, Mar 4 05:19 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 02:53 PM:

In fact, I found this word (dabbaba) strange and wondered whether it was a mobile wooden tower for shooting from above or climbing the walls, or a large mobile shield(mantlet) against throwing weapons to reach and then dig into the walls. I had the impression that it was more likely to be the latter (ex of reference), but it's not certain, and needs to be confirmed by specialists.