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This is a request for help in obtaining a list of games that include introducing pieces to the game via gating. An unofficial definition in review follows, and is only to be used for now as a guideline for looking for games that employ gating. If you help add to the list, please also include the applicable letter. For example, Catapults of Troy and Shatranj of Troy use method 'b.' Time Travel Chess and Cannons of Chesstonia use a restricted version of 'd.'

Gating - 1. v. A specialized version of a drop, where a piece or pawn [in reserve, i.e., a pocket piece] is dropped onto a vacant square as designated by the rules for that specific game. A gated piece, for example, could possibly enter a game by one or more of the following methods as designated by the rules: (a) the starting space of a piece or pawn that just moved; (b) a space which was just vacated by a pawn or piece (not necessarily the starting space), (c) a vacant space which is under the influence of a pawn or piece (a projected gated piece); (d) dropped onto a designated vacant space, or one space of a set of spaces (as with a Shogi drop). (e) use another method, such as the roll of dice to introduce a piece. Typically only one of these methods would be expected to exist in a given game which deploys gating. Note that gating is often a two-piece move, akin to castling in standard Fide chess.

When citing a game, please include author and date invented. Many thanks for helping with this project, sincerely Gary