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Navia Dratp. An upcoming commercial chess variant with collectible, tradable pieces. (7x7, Cells: 49) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Gary Gifford wrote on Sat, Jan 28, 2006 12:25 PM UTC:

In response to my brief question [which was from a larger context) 'Is
Lord Kiggoshi such a terrible name?' Mark Thompson replied: 'No,
Kiggoshi does sound Japanese. But Chugyullas, Coydrocomp, Nebguard? ---
 
Gary G response: What about Cyclops, Hydra, Medusa from stories of old? 
Were these not strange names that we've simply gotten used to?  Should I
rename Medusa Shogi to Snake-Haired Lady Drop Chess?

Mark asked: Gyullas (to mean simply Money)? --- 
Gary G response: Gyullas are energy
crystals.  They are not money.

Mark asked: Dratp (to mean simply Promote)? ---- 
Gary G response: Dratping a piece can increase or decrease a piece's movement. 
It can also result in that piece leaving the board,
depending on the Dratp effect, or in earning more
Gyullas (money if you prefer-but they are not money), or in bringing
another piece into the battle... etc.  So, I prefer Dratp to the word
promote.  Though Dratping is  certainly related to promoting... it is more
intense and requires an expenditure of Gyullas (crystals).  In fact, the
Navia Dratp (costing 60 Gyullas) instatly wins the game for the person
making that Drapt.  And that is how I lost my first game of ND.