Jeremy Good wrote on Sun, Aug 19, 2007 01:00 PM UTC:
There are four different types of kings Peter Aronson lists in one of his comments about Anti-King Chess. An interesting contest would be to design a game where all four kings play a role.
Here is another idea for a contest: In 2004, Robert Abbott, inventor of Ultima, posted a comment to our section on Rococo, suggesting two new pieces he calls 'triangulators' which coordinate with each other to capture any pieces that reach the apexes of triangles formed by diagonals that trace through them. He suggests adding them to Rococo. Peter Aronson, co-inventor of Rococo, responded to Abbott's suggestion that the proposed new pieces, applied to Rococo, 'don't pass the clarity test' and they have the limitation that they couldn't capture pieces near or at the corners.
A diamond shaped board such as this or this would empower these triangulators. It would be a good idea to have a contest to see who could design the best game using Edward Abbott's triangulator pieces.
There are four different types of kings Peter Aronson lists in one of his comments about Anti-King Chess. An interesting contest would be to design a game where all four kings play a role.
Here is another idea for a contest: In 2004, Robert Abbott, inventor of Ultima, posted a comment to our section on Rococo, suggesting two new pieces he calls 'triangulators' which coordinate with each other to capture any pieces that reach the apexes of triangles formed by diagonals that trace through them. He suggests adding them to Rococo. Peter Aronson, co-inventor of Rococo, responded to Abbott's suggestion that the proposed new pieces, applied to Rococo, 'don't pass the clarity test' and they have the limitation that they couldn't capture pieces near or at the corners.
A diamond shaped board such as this or this would empower these triangulators. It would be a good idea to have a contest to see who could design the best game using Edward Abbott's triangulator pieces.