New chess variant. Looking for players to play with.

If you can't move a side. Hit "mode" up on top and select edit game. Winboard assumes that it is anouther online player otherwise.

Thanks for the efforts to fix, Ace.

So, I played my first game against myself tonight. It was rather fun! (Your setup)

On the other hand, Ace, there was, frankly, a whole lot of "nothing" going on. When I say nothing, I mean that it takes too long for the pieces to threaten each other. We're dealing with a grandly huge board with most of its pieces that can only move in hind-sight range. We have huge armies that only have 5 pieces (the original Queen, Bishops and Rooks) that can move in long unlimited ranges. The rest takes too long to get close to one another. It was very easy for me during many moments when pieces aren't doing much of anything (because they are simply too far away) to get bored and to put the game away. I stopped playing to pick up again later on. Then, I stopped playing again to pick up on it later. That's what I did a few times throughout today.

Otherwise, it was pretty fun. There were some up moments when I surprosed myself with attacks I didn't think were possible before. Because the Cobra piece is rather unpredictable, there were momentary opportunity of captures (and escaping threats) that came to rescue when other pieces were threatening the army. Of course, I was only playing myself, but still! =D

And, what can I say about the Cardinal and the Seige Tower? Both added an interesting dimension to the game: They were blocked and escapable at the same time. Because of their limited range, which is blockable, they seem harmless at first, only to attack with their range 3 leap attacks at unpredictable moments.

You must be doing a million things to update your game. I say, if you're up to making modification to the pieces ranges, maybe that can help reduce the "nothing" 's that can happen a lot in these games. Aside from that, the game is great.

The question now is, how long will it take for us to develop a book of tactics?? =D Wouldn't that be awesome.

I am very happy you liked my game so far. I hope LXIVC was able to get it all working. I'm glad you like the time I put into my movement. Trying to make them worth something so they are not traded, while not being too powerful. While trying to fine tune it all till it feels right.

The betza notation does not allow me to go farther. I can only do multiples of up to three away. So I could leap 2, 4, 6 or 3, 6, 9 ect. Yet I could not leap to four without allowing to leaping to 2 as well. Because I telling it to leap to two then repeat. More or less. So I can't make them go farther. Without messing up the closer part.I could make the board 16x12 easy. I was just affriad it would get too clutered. Though from what you say maybe it will not. Here is the custom.dat code for the same board just 16x12 instead of 16x14. Here is the page Muller linked me to. To be able to mod with my moves.

http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/Betza.html

Main first post has been updated again.

You will notice when you play me. I don't play like people play chess. I play mainly defence. I will always trade any piece for a like piece, higher vaule or multiple pieces that add to higher value. Non of them are worth more than that to me. Also I almost never try to check mate. Even if I can, I won't unless scared I'm surely going to lose. My only goal is to kill the king after every single piece has been taken first. Not a check mate.

Hopefully this is my final adjustment to the game. So I can ask Muller to add the last code posted, to his site. I just want to be sure it is done before asking. Because I think it would be easier in the long run. Plus I want my symbles.

Here are the symbles I would like changed when ready to be added to the site.

Switch the hat curently for the princess to the prince. Drop the helmet used for the prince. Won't be used.

The princess I want to be the small qeen hat curently used for the fool.

The fool I want

The Assassin(elephant) I want to be the diamond curently used for the jacks.

The jacks I wantThe magician(hawk) I want

The pheonix(star) I wantThe dragon(snake) I want

All the rest of the pieces can stay the same.

Better, Ace. Much better.

This game is really fun! It adds a new dimensionality to chess!

The game I'm playing so far:

(once again, it's me against myself! Black is at a slight advantage right now, because white lunkheadedly loss Cougerhead in a silly blunder. =\)

I'm thinking game analysis and diagrams posted to youtube one day. How would you like that, Ace? =)

aint regalur chest hard nuff ferya?

Regardless of whether or not it is, That shouldn't mean we couldn't try other chess games.

I'm afraid the white princess is still unmoveable for me. I was able to use the middling size before, if that matters.

I also wanted to post games to youtube. So I like the idea. The more people that see it, the more that might want to play it. I am testing every thing I can think of right now. I hope the 2.0 upload is the final one. I think I have all the code right this time....

Now that the board is set. I can finish my physical boards. Both will be done in a day or two. I'll post pics. Then again when my pieces come in.

I was using the edit game mode. I moved both sides to free the white princess, but I was unable to move it. I'll try the fixed version and see if that helps.

Could this version of winboard be used for other large chess games? What limitations does it have?

I found a solution! I changed the x& in custom.dat to X&.