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Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]this game is a classic
Large Chess ZRF 
. ZRF for Capablanca's Chess plus variants: Bird's, Aberg's, Grotesque, Univers, Embassy, Janus, Archbishop, New Chancellor + more.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]well this is an excellent zrf of course, all these 'capa' variants on 1 zrf, nice board, graphics, all pretty cool. if you update in the future, 'schoolbook' is another, plus what about this site here, this looks interesting i think, yes? http://www.symmetryperfect.com/shots/opti/
Janggi - 장기 - Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]oh this should be rated better than good!
Xiangqi: Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]hey here is another 'good' rating for an 'excellent' game :)
Shogi. The Japanese form of Chess, in which players get to keep and replay captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]ahhhh shogi, love the drops
Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]oops this game needs a ratings boost, where are you shatranj lovers!
Cazaux Chess
. Some chess variants invented by Jean-Louis Cazaux, along with some others.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]fine collection of games (7zrf's)
Makruk and Sittuyin. Zillions file to play Thai Chess and Burmese Chess.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]great zrf for the ancient makruk and sittuyin
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Pre-Grandchess. Eric Greenwood realized that Christian Freeling's Great Chess could have arisen with this more normal looking position.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]yes i would like to say thanks also for all the work you are doing, game courier is becoming like the best in the world :) thanks Jeremy!
Dimension X. Chess on two planes - one with the usual chess pieces, the other with spooky trans-dimensional pieces with strange interactions. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]well this looks great, another interesting game Gary, how did it go with play testing?
when a cobra makes a strike, does it move?
Leapers Chess. Played upon a 10x10 field with all the pieces having leaping capability.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]i love the bowman piece, and the dragon, it is like a squirrel plus. they go well with the bishop rook and queen. the pawns are interesting too, nice game on a 10x10.
Templar Chess. Features the unorthodox Templar on a board with eight extra squares. (8x10, Cells: 72) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]i have only just recently played this game, the 'templar' is a great piece, it plays well with the normal chess set-up (adding dabbaba move) the board is great too with the added space at the back. cool game.
Poll number Approval Poll for Game Courier Tournament #3. Vote for which games you want in the third Game Courier tournament.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Dimension X. Chess on two planes - one with the usual chess pieces, the other with spooky trans-dimensional pieces with strange interactions. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]ahhhhhaaa well i trust your opinion you know :) .. have to decline game offer, not starting any new games at the moment, i was just interested to know how the 'spider' play-tested, if it slowed down the game, but looking more at the rules, and it finally sinking in, i like how the spider/crab/etc don't move on fide board, and how they go from fide board to x board. i see that dimension x is going well in score count for up-coming tourney, so i think we shall see this game play-tested well, i look forward to seeing the games. anyway, looks terrific to me, well done.
Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]i will just finish up my rating spree that i started the other day with these last couple of games
Symmetrical Chess Collection. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]oops i have never rated my fav graphs before?!
Abstract Chess Pieces. Icons of chess and chess variant pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]i like these, some very cool ones, love the grasshopper/locust, unique style well done
Recognized Variants of the Month Game Pak I . Game Pak I. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Chess (Variant) Graphics by Jean Louis Cazaux. Icons of chess variant pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]great graphics, much better than the 'average' rating it has at the moment, maybe this will get it going
i think if these graphics are not to your taste, then they will seem very basic ... they have to be viewed on the right type of board, like 'cazauxchess.zip', you can see most, 7 zrf's. i did at first think these graphics were a little 'down-played', but now i think they are actually quite beautiful and unique.
well i like pieces indicating moves too, but as Fergus said, graphics should be functional and possess beauty, and if we go crazy trying to get every piece to indicate where it goes, i think that takes away from the beauty aspect. We don't care for 'indicators' on the rook, knight, bishop and queen etc, and well, as far as alfaerie graphics go, for instance, the 'squirrel' graphic seems a pretty good graphic to indicate a piece that moves as a knight/alfil/dabbaba. The name 'squirrel' also is often used for a piece that moves like this. still, to suit all tastes and allow variety on game courier, it can't hurt having a 'knight/alfil/dabbaba' piece like you want.
you know i think i saw that frog leaping around 'presiding chess' :) i am not sure that every alfaerie graphic has a certain type of move, but maybe it does, i do know that people can use them for varying piece types. the frog is a leaper though, it is a 0-3, 1-1 leaper, and it is mentioned at 'all the king's men' site http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gpjnow/VC-GM.htm alfaerie has 3 expansion sets, alfaerie2, 3 and 4. that is the complete set, anything else you see has been done by someone else, as far as i understand, most likely for a game they made using alfaerie graphics.
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