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Royal FuryA Zillions-of-Games file . A Futuristic Chessery Game - relaxed win rules.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
John Lawson wrote on Thu, Jul 9, 2009 04:07 AM UTC:
I became a chess variantist in 1962, so yes I know how hard information was to find in the olden days.

Bob Abbott published a paperback book 'Abbott's New Card Games', Funk and Wagnalls, $0.95, in 1963, containing the rules to Ultima, so the possibility of cross-fertilization is there.  I happen to have two copies.

But does it matter really?  I see no reason to be concerned with 'primacy'.  They are different games, inspired by an idea that could occur to anyone.