New Position Workshop / Testing Thread

How is it linear? Not trying to challenge your statement, I'm just genuinely curious. What's the main line(s)?

There's a lack of moves. There are only 5 moves to start the game. (if pawns can move 2 squares, then 8) And the only viable stratagey is to push pawns one square at a time.

(Note: I am not a CGA but even i can see that there's a clear problem with this variant, which is lack of moves and stratagies)

hmm... look so much like Glass Labyrinth

*Strategy, or Strategies.

Here's my game Claustrophobia.

Is this position balanced?

The only first move attack I found was attacking the wazir with the soldier, but it benefits the opponent because moving the wazir lets them develop the XiangQi horse onto a safe square.

It's actually borrowed from Labyrinth 82

Hey guys, I'm fixing my previous variant Eleventh Hour, and here's what I have so far:

Rules: +10 for mate, Game of Points, KotH, Stalemate lose.

Fixes: After Blue gets checkmated, Red and Yellow's goals become to either deliver check 10 times or get to the hill.

Blue can now win by either KotH or checkmating Green, then Red and Yellow.

Blue is now stronger because their royal king instead of sergeant, and sergeants instead of pawns. Blue's rooks and bishops have swapped places.

Instead of a delay clock, I used a check clock so there's space for the archbishops to checkmate Red and Yellow, and because a check clock makes more sense than a delay clock for low-rated players.

I changed Green from Rando to Patzer to fit the colour, and gave green two kings for symmetry. This is purely for decoration.

I also removed a rook from both Red and Yellow.

Blue's Ds are trapped, but give an insane amount of protection to the soldiers (that can't move), so trying to free your king without checkmating Blue is a bad idea.

I'm not a great analyzer in asymmetric positions, so here's my question: Is this balanced?

i'd be happy to test

How does ... 2 am Greenwich Mean Time sound?

Nope. I will be asleep at that time. My time zone is UTC+3 (UTC=GMT, so UTC+3 is 3 hours ahead of GMT)

Wouldn't've worked anyways, I'm on vacation next week.

Here's my updated version:

[StartFen4 "R-0,0,0,0-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'royal': ('e2','f8','e13','a8'),'lives': (11,10,11,14),'resigned': (null,null,null,true),'zombieType': ('','','','patzer'),'zombieImmune': (false,false,false,true),'pawnBaseRank':5}-x,x,x,x,x,bW,bD,bD,bD,x,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,yK,x,bD,bD,bD,x,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,bβ,bβ,x,x,x,x/bY,1,gγ,x,x,x,x,x,yK,yN,yN,yB,yB,yR/gF,x,x,x,x,bR,bK,x,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP/x,x,x,x,x,bB,bδ,7/gK,x,bM,x,x,bK,bδ,7/1,x,1,x,x,bK,bδ,7/x,x,x,x,x,bB,bδ,7/gF,x,x,x,x,bR,bK,x,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP/bY,1,gγ,x,x,x,x,x,rK,rN,rN,rB,rB,rR/x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,bβ,bβ,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,rK,x,bD,bD,bD,x,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,x,bW,bD,bD,bD,x,x,x,x,x"]

it says "invalid FEN"

NCV The Golden Rain (Revised) Rules: 4-check, +40, 11th=BNR. Looking for feedback!

I have three interesting concepts to share:

1. Choosing what your royal piece is (by way of pawn promotion) where you promote a royal pawn.
2. Having a powerful royal piece (like a knight rider, a camel rider or even a queen!) to checkmate solely from a really strong army (it kind of links with #1 where I plan to make it so that pawns can be promoted to rooks, bishops, wildebeests and/or generals).
3. Having an army of really strong pieces trapped in the corner by your own pawns (and lots of walls) which is then your job to unleash. It links with #2 because a really strong army is necessary to checkmate a really strong royal piece.

Unfortunately, I doubt the feasibility of #3 because a really strong army can just be traded off or taken advantage of through teaming / ganging up. A powerful royal piece is also really difficult to checkmate and although I intend this to be an interesting challenge, there is a risk of this checkmate becoming too boring. However, I think #1 will certainly be fun and I have already begun implementation of this concept.

R-0,1,0,1-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'pawnBaseRank':5,'wb':true,'dim':'14x10','noCorners':true}-
x,x,10,x,x/
x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,4,x,x/
4,yR,yB,yQ,yK,yB,yR,4/
3,X,yδ,yδ,yδ,yδ,yδ,yδ,X,3/
1,X,X,X,6,X,X,X,1/
1,X,yN,8,yN,X,1/
1,X,X,X,6,X,X,X,1/
14/
1,X,X,X,6,X,X,X,1/
1,X,rN,8,rN,X,1/
1,X,X,X,rδ,rδ,rδ,rδ,rδ,rδ,X,X,X,1/
4,rR,rB,rQ,rK,rB,rR,4/
x,x,4,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/
x,x,10,x,x

A lot of people has quit while playing this and when wrote that it was boring what do you think. If no one like it I am not going to keep play testing it.

R-0,1,0,1-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'pawnBaseRank':5,'wb':true,'dim':'8x12'}-
x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/
x,x,x,yδ,yB,yC,yK,yA,yB,yδ,yW,x,x,x/
x,x,x,1,yδ,yΔ,yR,yΔ,yδ,yW,yW,x,x,x/
x,x,x,2,yδ,yI,yδ,3,x,x,x/
x,x,x,3,yδ,4,x,x,x/
x,x,x,8,x,x,x/
x,x,x,8,x,x,x/
x,x,x,8,x,x,x/
x,x,x,8,x,x,x/
x,x,x,3,rδ,4,x,x,x/
x,x,x,2,rδ,rI,rδ,3,x,x,x/
x,x,x,1,rδ,rΔ,rR,rΔ,rδ,rW,rW,x,x,x/
x,x,x,rδ,rB,rC,rK,rA,rB,rδ,rW,x,x,x/
x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x

Is my new position too similar to Arena of Legends?

4th=R, Ox2, +20

It's a potential decline for being too similar whilst not having a better implementation of the labyrinth concept, but I'd still go ahead and play it to see if it's fun (especially at faster time controls)