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Kjempe Chess. A large variant that hopefully is easy to get into. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Thu, Nov 28, 2024 05:22 PM UTC:It is definitely easy to get into. It inherits all the core rules from Chess while adding something new. Good work with this one.
The only thing I am on the fence about is the woodlander's move, which makes it more of a defensive piece. I think a Knight + vertical-only Rook (forward and backward) would be a much better combination here, and would also make it resemble Chu Shogi's Flying Stag while also being distinct from it.
Having too many defensive pieces will make a game quite drawish. Ideally, at least a majority, if not all, piece types in a game like this should be able to participate in an attack, especially in larger games. Chu Shogi solves this by having a broad promotion zone and making every piece except King, Lion, and Queen promotable, albeit to specific types.
Leaperhouse. A 10x10 drop variant consisting of only Leapers, Shogi pawns and Kings. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]A. M. DeWitt wrote on Thu, Nov 28, 2024 05:45 PM UTC:It's a nice concept for sure, but the fact that the leapers are so weak and don't promote at all is killing me. (only Gold can mate by itself with help from the King, and it isn't even immediately available after dropping).
I suppose it could be a proof of concept for a future game of yours. A good idea would be to have the leapers be forward-only but have decently strong promotions, most of which are more mobile forward than backward, along with a piece significantly more powerful than the rest of the army. This is what Seireigi does with the standard Shogi set.
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Fri, Nov 29, 2024 01:50 AM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Thu Nov 28 08:27 PM:What's a campmate?
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Tue, Dec 3, 2024 12:30 AM UTC in reply to Jörg Knappen from Sun Dec 1 02:40 PM:It does not matter that the leapers don't promote because pieces are never taken out of the game forever, they all return via drops. The stronger player always has enough pieces to checkmate.
What matters is that many of the leapers are so weak as to be ineffectual against a piece like a King without the possibility of promoting to something stronger. Even the weakest leapers in Shogi, the (Shogi) Knight and Pawn, have some way to work around that with their promotions to the equivalent of a Gold General. But I suppose it is good enough as a proof of concept.
Kjempe Chess. A large variant that hopefully is easy to get into. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]A. M. DeWitt wrote on Tue, Dec 3, 2024 12:36 AM UTC in reply to Martin Nilsson from Fri Nov 29 04:22 PM:Well, as is, it's a well-designed game for sure, and worthy of approval.
I'd agree that the Quickpawn is easier to promote due to having more movement options than the standard Chess Pawn, but I think board size affects game length more so than decisiveness, which is more a function of.how powerful the army is compared to the royal piece (usually the King).
Home page of The Chess Variant Pages. Homepage of The Chess Variant Pages.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]A. M. DeWitt wrote on Fri, Dec 6, 2024 03:35 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Thu Dec 5 03:29 PM:That's because I made a new one. You can find it at https://www.chessvariants.com/invention/chu-shogi-applet
The old applet has been moved to www.chessvariants.com/invention/old-chu-shogi-applet
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Fri, Dec 20, 2024 05:44 PM UTC:There seems to be an error occurring in the Game Courier Logs page printed at the top of the page:
The following is the message I get on my end:
SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1021 Disk full (/var/tmp/#sql_73b_1.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device")
Six-Player Team Chess. Members-Only team chess for six players. (10x10, Cells: 259) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Since this comment is for a page that has not been published yet, you must be signed in to read it.
Home page of The Chess Variant Pages. Homepage of The Chess Variant Pages.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]A. M. DeWitt wrote on Wed, Dec 25, 2024 03:56 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Fri Dec 20 10:08 PM:Anything I can do to help? If we're at 90% space usage, that's basically a site emergency that all Senior Editors should get on top of.
Edit: 57% is much more reasonable. So it's no longer an emergency anymore.
Mayby the backup is covering everything on the site, not just public_html?
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Wed, Dec 25, 2024 04:49 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 04:47 PM:Did you miss my later comment about bringing it down to 57%?
Yes, I missed that.
As for the backup, maybe that is backing up more than the public_html folder?
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I have made a new version of the Chu Shogi Applet using a custom-built script. The link to the Applet now points to the new page. The old Applet is still available at a new page, whose membergraphics directory includes the old Applet by itself.