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Compton Medieval Chess. Large variant with three new pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

John Ayer wrote on Thu, Nov 18, 2004 01:41 AM UTC:

I object to the name, as it is usually reserved for shatranj as played in Europe, with no fixity as to whether the kings opposed each other on the d or the e file.

Travis Compton wrote on Thu, Dec 23, 2004 01:31 AM UTC:

Well, this is Medieval Chess, developed by the Illuminati long before Shatranj was introduced into the european society. Medieval Chess has been a secret for many centuries until recently unvieled in the archives of the Vatican City.....just kidding!! I guess it should be categorized under themes. I'm a medieval war fanatic and thought the name was just appropriate for the new pieces, Seer, Swordsman, and Longbowman. Maybe I'll rename it to Stronghold or something.

John Ayer wrote on Wed, Jan 12, 2005 11:35 PM UTC:

Thank you for changing the name. It looks like an interesting game.

Eric V. Greenwood wrote on Mon, Jul 4, 2005 02:39 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

only one small complaint: if the king exchanges places w/ the seer on the
opposite square color, then for the rest of the game you will have 2
seers
on the same color squares! Since they are colorbound pieces, this seems
like a problem. perhaps the solution is to only allow the king exchange
w/
the same(sqare)-colored seer--then both seers stay on opposite tracks.
Perhaps another solution would be to allow one of the seers to move 1
square orthogonally next time one of them moves--if both have ended up on
the same color.
  The game looks interesting! :)

Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Mar 31, 2018 03:49 PM UTC:

Fergus,

I'm trying to edit this preset, but for some reason it won't work. If I select "Customize", that works, but if I select "Edit", it just shows me orthodox chess. Any idea what's going on here?

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Mar 31, 2018 05:30 PM UTC:

There is no settings file for the game. The setup has been handled entirely in the preset. So that the customization that someone happens to be using does not overwrite a settings file, a settings file is always loaded without any customizations when you're editing it. When there is no settings file, the default settings are used, and these are for Chess. I suppose I could make an exception to this rule when there is no settings file to overwrite. This would make it easier to convert games stored as presets to settings files.

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Mar 31, 2018 05:36 PM UTC:

Instead of making an exception, I deleted the non-existent settings name from the preset. You can now edit it and create a new settings file for the game.

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