✓ NCV ︱ Caught in a Snag

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FEN: R-0,1,0,1-0,1,0,1-0,1,0,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'royal''g5','','h10',''),'wb':true,'dim':'8x6'}- x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,yF,yU,yW,yM,yG,yW,yU,yF,x,x,x/ x,x,x,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,x,x,x/ x,x,x,8,x,x,x/ x,x,x,8,x,x,x/ x,x,x,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,x,x,x/ x,x,x,rF,rU,rW,rG,rM,rW,rU,rF,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x there is no promotion development and games played (from old to new) initial version: I flipped the king on one side as early checkmates could be annoying flipped frez and wazir to engage the wazir more and make the frez not start in such an engaged position a series of attempts to make pawns more useful, ending with normal pawns changed (actual not royal) king to a general to make a little more powerful/useful (I resigned cause this guy wouldn't go see also note 2) that previews game made me turn of capture the king Note: more games than the ones listed have been played and a lot more of the original build as I made this thing like last year over covid but didn't know you could submit these for publication. Note 2: a second reason for that choice is because I noticed while I had capture the king on that putting either king in "check" would still play the sound of putting a player in check, this can partially defeat the purpose of a hidden attack as both players would know if the king (or royal) is in check and (in my opinion) the sound should be disabled (or given an option) Explanation: the point of this is that is shorter than a regular game of chess aiming for 15-30 moves for players who know how the pieces move patterns and game play notes: 2 main patters I have noticed is that developing the dragons gives a good advantage as they are good at covering a large space, however they can easily be locked in place and captured if you know what your doing, another thing I see is players not leaving a way for their king to get out, so I stick a general in there face and they have no where to go. feel free to offer a better name for this mode as I don't love "mini chess" but can't think of a better name description: I have a description you could use this one or write your own, up to you guys... Mini chess is designed to take everything great about normal chess and then put it in a smaller, shorter game that can easily be played over 5 minutes, without loosing any of the satisfaction of a great play or a clever trick.