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Redistribution 3d Chess. Relatively small 3d variant with short-range pieces including Pasha family. (4x(4x6), Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Joe Joyce wrote on Wed, Jun 9, 2010 05:34 PM UTC:On the plus side the cells are now arranged the way that I anticipated, and the White pieces are correct. As I wrote it, however, all Black pieces should match the White one on the same rank, not just the Alibabas and Princes. A rotationally symmetric version might be interesting as well, but the Black pieces aren't set up for that either. There are four possible symmetries, which I could outline when I've had time offline to write them all up. Finally, the off-board list of possible pieces should include non-array as well as array pieces.
Here are the four symmetries. Note that kv and KV are the Emperors. 1: The way I wrote the rules page was with mirror symmetry: fv de wv ae | da ve kv wf | wf wd fa da | ae wv de fv -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- FV DE WV AE | DA VE KV WF | WF WD FA DA | AE WV DE FV 2: Here is vertical-axis rotational symmetry: ae wv de fv | wf kv ve da | da fa wd wf | fv de wv ae -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- FV DE WV AE | DA VE KV WF | WF WD FA DA | AE WV DE FV 3: Here is horizontal-axis rotational symmetry: ae wv de fv | wf wd fa da | da ve kv wf | fv de wv ae -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- FV DE WV AE | DA VE KV WF | WF WD FA DA | AE WV DE FV 4: Here is rotated mirror symmetry: fv de wv ae | da fa wd wf | wf kv ve da | ae wv de fv -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- FV DE WV AE | DA VE KV WF | WF WD FA DA | AE WV DE FV
Joe Joyce wrote on Fri, Jun 11, 2010 04:55 AM UTC:http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/play.php?game%3DRedistribution3d%26settings%3DR3d2 I still need to do the chart of pieces and how they work. I might just put the combo and breakdown pieces on the side of the preset, in islands of board, as both visual reference and icon code for the pieces.
The array looks correct now. The place I was talking about non-array pieces being missing was beneath 'Available Pieces - This table shows you what pieces belong to the piece set you are using.' I wasn't suggesting showing them on any kind of artificial extension to the board - although during play they would of course appear on the board itself through fusion and fisson. I hope that this clarifies things further.
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