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Ganymede Chess. Mark Hedden's idea for "a large chess variant with many weird pieces...which wouldn't seem too different from orthodox chess".[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jeremy Good wrote on Sat, May 30, 2009 12:11 PM UTC:
I agree with Mark Hedden that John William Brown's Spearman, which functions optionally as backwards-forwards rook or unidirectional bishop, is 'wonderful.'

Reminding one a bit of Betza's Weakest Chess.

A further 'evolved' piece might also be allowed to turn one more time to allow it the option of moving as a side-moving rook, but we don't have the graphics for that yet.