Anthony Viens wrote on Sun, Nov 11, 2018 08:58 AM UTC:
It's been over a decade, I doubt anyone else even cares....
But I find this story strangely compelling.
Michael (OP)-- just in case you see this--
do you remember ANYTHING else? Like:
A fuzzy memory of what even one piece's movement was like?
Are you reasonably sure the piece set is complete?
Do you remember anything about it being played, not like the rules precisely, but like you remember the big piece's capture was the goal? (Seems likely, just based on the fact that your parent's called it viking chess, but any info would be great.)
Do you remember pieces moving across the center? Just remebering they could would tell us a lot. There are only so many simple ways to use the center.
A vague memory of the pieces being played on the intercections of the lines/or in the squares?
It sure looks to me like it was played on the line intersections, not the spaces.
Just knowing THAT (intersections or spaces) would be a huge step forward.
With just a little more information we could probably reconstruct rules that were very close to the original. There are only so many logically simple rules for chess on a round board.
You probably will never see this.....I hope you figured something out. I have many happy memories of playing boardgames with my dad (especially Stratego) and a game from your parents being lost seems really sad.
It's been over a decade, I doubt anyone else even cares....
But I find this story strangely compelling.
Michael (OP)-- just in case you see this--
do you remember ANYTHING else? Like:
A fuzzy memory of what even one piece's movement was like?
Are you reasonably sure the piece set is complete?
Do you remember anything about it being played, not like the rules precisely, but like you remember the big piece's capture was the goal? (Seems likely, just based on the fact that your parent's called it viking chess, but any info would be great.)
Do you remember pieces moving across the center? Just remebering they could would tell us a lot. There are only so many simple ways to use the center.
A vague memory of the pieces being played on the intercections of the lines/or in the squares?
It sure looks to me like it was played on the line intersections, not the spaces.
Just knowing THAT (intersections or spaces) would be a huge step forward.
With just a little more information we could probably reconstruct rules that were very close to the original. There are only so many logically simple rules for chess on a round board.
You probably will never see this.....I hope you figured something out. I have many happy memories of playing boardgames with my dad (especially Stratego) and a game from your parents being lost seems really sad.