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Kingsmen. 9x9 board with two extra Bishops. Pieces gain the King's moveset upon reaching the last three ranks.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Jun 28, 2021 12:54 AM UTC:

I made a few modifications and published this.


David Cannon wrote on Mon, Jun 28, 2021 12:00 PM UTC:

Do the "crowned" pieces become royal? I.e., do they gain ONLY the movement capabilities of the King, or do they have to be checkmated along with the King?

Ed. note: I've moved this to the Kingsmen thread on the assumption that was what was intended. Please let us know if this is the wrong place; it was originally posted as a comment on the home page.


💡📝Albert Lee wrote on Mon, Jun 28, 2021 12:58 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 12:54 AM:

Thanks, Fergus.


💡📝Albert Lee wrote on Mon, Jun 28, 2021 02:52 PM UTC in reply to David Cannon from 12:00 PM:

Hi David,

Thanks for your question.

The crowned pieces have the ability to move one square in any direction like the King, but they are not royal. They can be captured just like any regular piece.

I've added a sentence to clarify this in the promotion section.


💡📝Albert Lee wrote on Fri, Jul 9, 2021 08:20 AM UTC:

I added more details on how I invented Kingsmen and the thought process behind it.

I also added a link to play Kingsmen on Zillions of Games.


H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Jul 10, 2021 01:58 PM UTC:
satellite=kingsmen files=9 ranks=9 graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ whitePrefix=w blackPrefix=b promoZone=3 maxPromote=4 squareSize=50 graphicsType=png lightShade=#CCCC11 darkShade=#339933 rimColor=#111199 coordColor=#CCCC11 borders=0 firstRank=1 useMarkers=1 promoOffset=4 pawn::fmWfcF::a3-i3 knight:N:::b1,h1 bishop::::c1,d1,f1,g1 rook::::a1,i1 crowned pawn:+P:K:guard: crowned knight:+N:NK:equesrex: crowned bishop:+B:BW:promotedbishop: crowned rook:+R:RF:promotedrook: king::KisO2::e1

Kingsmen


💡📝Albert Lee wrote on Sun, Jul 11, 2021 03:35 AM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Sat Jul 10 01:58 PM:

A special thanks for creating this playable version!


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