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Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Tue, Jan 29, 2019 08:31 PM UTC:

There also exists a earlier version of Hex Shogi bij George R. Dekle

Masonic Chess. Game played on a Masonic tile board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

📝KelvinFox wrote on Tue, Jan 29, 2019 08:40 PM UTC:

Can someone change the page so it displays the true inventor

Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Wed, Jan 30, 2019 05:56 PM UTC:

Dekle's hex Shogi seems to define Knight's movement somewhat differently (through that maybe also due to the different tiling) and the hexes are turned differently

Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Fri, Feb 1, 2019 09:49 PM UTC:

I wonder if German chess (with chancellor as the royal piece) would be a viable game

Shakti. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Sat, Mar 2, 2019 06:22 PM UTC:

On the mindsports website, the 4 corner squares are said to be untiled

Pao.

Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Wed, Mar 6, 2019 01:05 PM UTC:

Someone on wikipedia added the name Nao for a piece that moves like the Nightrider version of the Cannon. Does anyone know if this name actually was sourced from a chess variants book or was made up?

Betza Notation. A primer on the leading shorthand for describing variant piece moves.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Sun, Mar 10, 2019 08:01 PM UTC:

I wonder how I can make the Crooked Vao display correctly

Mao-hopper. Moves as knight must must jump over occupied orthogonal square at first movement.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Sat, Mar 23, 2019 09:49 PM UTC:

A logical extension of this would be a version of this that only hops when capturing

Hoo Mitregi. Intermediate between Mitregi itself and Dai Mitregi. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Mar 25, 2019 12:35 PM UTC:

This looks like a fun variant to play. I am going to test it soon

Bent Riders. A discussion of pieces, like the Gryphon, that take a step then move as riders.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Wed, May 1, 2019 08:11 PM UTC:

Another idea that I have would be knight then camelrider

knight then camelrider

KelvinFox wrote on Thu, May 2, 2019 03:47 PM UTC:

The opposite version and the zebra pieces. I will edit them later with the correct piece picture
camel then nightrider
Zebra then nightrider

Camel then zebrarider
Zebra then Camelrider

Wa Shogi. Game with many different rather weak pieces, with or without drops. (11x11, Cells: 121) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Sat, Jul 6, 2019 11:17 PM UTC:

One of the weird things about this game is the fact that you can only have 2 Heavenly Horses at max, even though you need 4 to cover the whole board, probably there is some compensation for this. I also investigated the camel variant of it, this piece can only reach 1/6th of the board.

Hunterbeest. Large variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of similar set of oblique pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Sun, Jul 7, 2019 02:00 PM UTC:

This looks like a somewhat playable variant, only the weird board size is killing it

Also, the movement diagrams are broken

Rhino. A set of pieces which combine the movements of the Mao with that of the Wazir.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Tue, Jul 9, 2019 02:51 PM UTC:

A crooked wazir rhino A weird piece idea where all wazir movements are crooked

KelvinFox wrote on Wed, Jul 10, 2019 08:23 AM UTC:

@Aurelian Florea

This is a Rhino where all Wazir movements are crooked compared to the previous one

Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Jul 15, 2019 08:23 PM UTC:

The description for the knight is incorrect. It should read that the knight moves tw squares in one rook wise direction and 1 in another. The piece's current description, while making the same piece as the first one on 2d boards, gives a different piece on 3d boards

Boyscout.

Moves in a diagonal zigzagline.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Sat, Feb 1, 2020 07:27 PM UTC:

I've had a idea lately with a vertical only version of this piece

KelvinFox wrote on Sun, Feb 2, 2020 05:55 PM UTC:

How about Crooked Rook?

Raven. Can move as a Rook or a Nightrider.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Feb 3, 2020 01:11 PM UTC:

I am going to write a page soon about the Bishop version of this piece, which is featured in Caïssa Britannia.

KelvinFox wrote on Mon, Feb 3, 2020 10:50 PM UTC:

How do I make a new piece submission?

Archbishop. Moves as bishop but can make reflection at side of board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

KelvinFox wrote on Wed, Feb 5, 2020 10:31 PM UTC:

I was thinking about a piece that moves like gryphon after bouncing

Bishop-Nightrider compound. Piece that moves like bishop or nightrider.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

📝KelvinFox wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2020 09:04 AM UTC:

Does anyone know who first 'invented' this piece?

📝KelvinFox wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2020 06:12 PM UTC:

All The Kings men mentioned Banshee. I now also discovered Jörg Knappen used it his CwdA army Fearful Fairies under that name

📝KelvinFox wrote on Thu, Feb 6, 2020 08:13 PM UTC:

The name seems to be a invention by George Jelliss

Pao.

Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]