WoF - Permafrost

Time control 1|1

Rules: spectator chat, KOTH, 1-check, CTK, no en passant, Promotion 10th = GN, pawn starting rank 10th, transparent walls, red and yellow are immune randos

Testing Games:

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8157782

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8157854

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8157936

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8157963

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8160548

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8160583

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8160727

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161000

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161101

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161182

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161292

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161460

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161625

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161631

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161698

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161728

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161767

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8161799

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166264

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166295

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166310

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166381

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166448

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166473

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166508

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166526

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166802

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166840

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8166869

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167450

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167496

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167536

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167559

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167620

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167632

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167644

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167661

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167677

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167714

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167723

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167742

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167762

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167786

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167799

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167819

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167835

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167846

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167862

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8167870

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180089

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180232

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180312

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180330

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180415

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180474

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180515

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180540

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180571

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180629

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8180665

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8181996

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8182071

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8198710

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8198818

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8198850

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8198897

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8198910

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8198934

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8198952

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8198985

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8199010

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8199039

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8199056

FINAL VERSION:

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8199503

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8199558

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8199600

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8199638

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8199676

About the position:

This position introduces many new concepts. There are "hidden grasshoppers" which are trapped but can be freed by capturing the the dead piece in front, which has not ever been implemented before (and naturally, the dead piece is a camel, as a follow-up to 6_K's WoF - cloud, more camels in unlikely places). There are two ways to win; one is stalemate, and another is to promote and get KOTH. However, if both players promote, then you can try to mate your opponent if they go for KOTH due to 1-check. The pawns' starting rank is 10th, so when your pawns are on the 9th rank, you may push two squares to avoid promotion and go for stalemate. Keep this in mind when you push your pawns. Even if you promote, you can still stalemate because the randos will take you if you keep hanging your promoted piece, and you can even force your opponent to take your piece if they are also trying to stalemate themselves. The sergeants are by far the hardest to trap, so if these are lost early, you should try to go for stalemate. Otherwise, you can either keep trying to lose sergeants or get them onto the back rank or promote them and get KOTH. Walls are here only for the aesthetic screenshot; transparent walls look better with the normal colors. Note that the immune zombie glitch exists, so if you have more points, you may purposely try to suicide into the randos to win, but be careful to not let your opponent mate you. Do not try to free the grasshoppers unless you have a clear path to KOTH; it makes stalemate much harder. This is fairly skill-intensive despite the rando zombies; just expect a lot of annoying moments where the zombies prevent you from winning, that's just how it is . I originally tried to use patzers, but blue would always win, so randos were necessary, and at least they fit with the winter theme.

that's sooo many games

1. looks cool

2. bro how long did you spend playing this

This is awesome! I personally love it, and it brings some well-needed variety into the variant world.

SuperTurboMegaGigaEvil Box put too much links

has a rando ever promoted to a grasshopper and checkmated a grasshopper on its starting position? lol

I was in a hurry when posting this, more description now added

@stupnik_2_0 *many, not much

@hypno56729 you can't mate someone unless they deliberately unearth their royal and go for KOTH

Looks fun!

hi-5, dude.

You are too many evil. LOL XD

Literally what always happens: if you put like 100+ games, it gets accepted.