i m seeing so many disturb NCP i mean unbalance wall block and starting position and using variant pieces which most of them are not comfortable playing. i m giving base of custom broad you can do work on i m also posting these because my next NCP is based on these. these again is my 2 year old work. even before variant piece came out. so probably any one who first attempt create gird might face common problem of not able to use rook ,queen white bishop, black bishop or in some case knight same time ! so problem solved i m calling these as 4x4 grid because it allow only 4 moves max any normal chess piece including knight i m count as 4 . and take these as extra cheese you add on you position so if you got a just starting position just apply these grid filter on it you can also off center shift the pattern it has own its fun i 1st created off center then i relished its off center! Odd Even [StartFen4 "R-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-0-3,yN,yN,yQ,yK,X,yR,yB,yB,3/3,yR,1,X,4,X,3/3,X,4,X,5/bB,X,4,X,4,X,gR,gN/bB,3,X,4,X,3,gN/bR,1,X,4,X,4,X,gQ/X,4,X,4,X,2,gK/bK,2,X,4,X,4,X/bQ,X,4,X,4,X,1,gR/bN,3,X,4,X,3,gB/bN,bR,X,4,X,4,X,gB/5,X,4,X,3/3,X,4,X,1,rR,3/3,rB,rB,rR,X,rK,rQ,rN,rN,3"][Variant "Teams"][RuleVariants "EnPassant"][CurrentMove "0"] i m taking random simply example add these flavor grid on king safety would look like these .. center design for king of hill the same idea from above grid these is center for king of hill is used and i saw some of them using these design probably someone saw that from my custom broad in past i do not think stand alone 4x4 grid is much fun so i probably not post it as NCP! also due to pawns i can not figure out starting position with grid due to wall block coming but anyone come with standalone 4x4 grid do tell i all post as NCP based on that
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Nathinhgaminghayvl Sep 19, 2024
Sliding Mechanics: Every piece in the game moves by sliding in a direction allowed by its normal chess movement rules (e.g., Rooks slide vertically or horizontally, Bishops diagonally, etc.).Players can control how hard they "slide" the piece. The harder the slide, the further the piece moves.The catch: Once you decide how hard to slide a piece, it moves until it either:Hits another piece (friendly or enemy).Slides off the edge of the board (capturing itself).Captures: If a sliding piece hits an opponent’s piece, the opponent’s piece is captured and removed from the board.If the sliding piece continues past an opponent's piece without falling off the board, it will stop at the square directly behind the captured piece.Edge Rule: If a piece slides off the edge of the board, it is captured and removed from the game, no matter how many pieces it captured along the way.Directional Consistency for Knights: Knights follow a special rule in Slider Chess. At the start of the game, the player must choose which direction the Knight will slide (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal).Once the direction is chosen, the Knight slides in that direction for the entire game. The Knight still retains its ability to jump over pieces, but its movement is restricted to the chosen sliding direction.Check and Checkmate: The primary objective is still to put your opponent’s King in checkmate. However, the King cannot slide like other pieces.Kings can move only one square at a time, just like in regular chess, and must be defended or moved if placed in check.Sliding Rules for Each Piece: Pawns:Pawns slide forward in a straight line, as in regular chess, but how far they slide is determined by the player's chosen "force" of the slide.Pawns can capture diagonally by sliding in that direction.Pawns that reach the other side of the board can promote as in standard chess, with the promoted piece following the sliding rules of its type.Rooks:Rooks can slide vertically or horizontally, and players choose the sliding force to determine how far they move. Captures occur when the Rook hits an opponent’s piece.Bishops:Bishops slide diagonally, capturing pieces they hit along the way. Players control how far they want the Bishop to slide with their force choice.Queens:Queens, as in normal chess, can slide in any direction: vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. The player determines how far the Queen moves by controlling the sliding force.Edge of the Board: If a piece slides off the edge of the board, it is automatically captured and removed from the game.Captured pieces remain out of play for the rest of the game.Castling: Castling follows the same rules as regular chess: The King moves two squares toward the Rook, and the Rook slides over to the square next to the King. No piece slides off the board in this process.
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thundertoad2379 Sep 17, 2024
Don't you hate it when you see a cool variant but the icon just looks like a no little more than a cube with some icons spat on it and call it a day.Doesn't it look like a bit.. bland to you to be honest? I think there should be a redesign. So I made some Suggestions that would've been really dope if it was added. Thermopylae icon Ansthardez Icon Behind the mirror icon I hope you take this issue the right way. This is just my opinion. bye
Who captures all the pawns or checkmate the king is the winner.
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VishTheFish771 Sep 17, 2024
What were the old 'useless' promotion options that used to exist?
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VishTheFish771 Sep 17, 2024
In this every piece have a marvel character. Bishop is hulk which means the next piece which is beside is going to die by the strength of hulk. Knight is a spider man who can move two times which can also do double by throwing web. Rook is captain America so If any piece attacks him he can show the shield but needs to remove it after 5 moves and it can also block the way of piece which is next to it. Queen is Thor which can make all the squares vanish except the squares which have that color pieces.King is Flash which means it can run  around a board but cannot capture pieces and go square which are covered by other pieces Pawns are iron which which will throw lasers at other pawning if there is 1 box gap which is vertical. 
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VishTheFish771 Sep 17, 2024
About Musketeer Chess variant:https://musketeerchess.net/p/games/musketeer/rules/rules-short.php I'd like to volunteer to add the variant to chess.com website. Is there an instruction how to proceed? As I understand, the default way to add a new variant is to create the rules for the new variant, using this tool:https://www.chess.com/variants/custom Then post an announcement about it, following this guide:https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/requirements-for-submission Then we'll submit the variant (with the created rules) by posting an announcement, following this guide:https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/requirements-for-submission But Musketeer Chess requires custom UI and rules that the tool above doesn't support. How to proceed in this case?
1. Large community of custom variants, or this size but really tight knitted comminuty 2. More fairy pieces or More gamerules (like a lot) 3. Every NCV you submit gets accepted (only can submit every 3 months) or cmoing up with really good ideas every week comment more since me run out of ideas
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Lucas1009991 Sep 15, 2024
There isn't a character limit on Variants World for titles and i doxed myself
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Lunar_Howl Sep 15, 2024
[REMOVED] Can someone explain to me the time in this game? 
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ChessMasterGS Sep 13, 2024
Pawns only can promote knight on the 1st rank,if someone checkmates the king,then he/she wins.
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ozoz123456789 Sep 12, 2024
I don't think it's possible to make custom pieces. Is there anyway to submit a variant with custom pieces?
I know I have to get permission, I want to try and make a revision to the variant https://variants.world/posts/297 but I found this person was inactive. Can I make a revision since this person cannot be contacted?
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imchesspro0930 Sep 11, 2024
First both players will get a role of a detective or criminal.A piece will get the role of criminal and detective.The both the players don't know which piece did opponent got.The goal of the of the detective is to find out who is the criminal and I'll him by the pieces.The detective can ask 1 question every 15th move.The question can is that piece in____ (file,rank and diagonal).If the detective fond who is the criminal he should capture that piece.In 120th(you can set your own move)move you din't killed the piece you lose and the criminal win .Criminal's goal is to hide from detective until move 120th.The detective can capture only 2 innocent pieces(excluding pawns) and criminals need to capture at least 5 pieces.All the piece can be the criminal
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TheChocolateCake Sep 11, 2024
1. Collateral worlds matches takes longer to form than some ffa variants, to a point where I waited for about 5 houra once for a game. 2. This game is really unpopular, albeit fun, kinda hard to sightread. I may be wrong, but I just think collateral worlds is not deserving to be in featured, although I cannot deny it is extremely fun.

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