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Novo Chess. War game chess variant from the Netherlands, 1937. (12x8, Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
George Duke wrote on Wed, Dec 8, 2004 11:05 PM UTC:
1937's Novo Chess' central idea is predecessor to Greg Strong's 2004 Chess With Terrain. CWT's Mountain squares really just holes in the board (like Jacks & Witches'), CWT has River and Forest squares causing restrictions. Novo has Water and Railroad squares only certain pieces traverse. Novo's Land pieces are mostly restricted from Water squares, but most land pieces use the railroad tracks. This game has 13 piece-types on 96, CWT 10 piece-types on 201 squares not counting the 24 Mountain squares.