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The birth of two variants: Apothecary chess 1 & Apothecary chess 2[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
V. Reinhart wrote on Mon, Feb 27, 2017 04:30 PM UTC:
How big is the board? You mention rank 10, so I assume it's 10x10?
You have a lot of new pieces, some fairly powerful such as griffin, aanca, chancellor, and archbishop. But it's hard for me to envision without seeing the board set-up.
How long did the game(s) last? If you have a joker (or fool) I think a slow game might be more fun, because it lets the players put more thought on when to move and not move the joker. But if the game progresses too fast, the joker may not have had time to be used strategically. That's just my theory, but of course I don't have an engine that can play this game. It's impressive that Greg is programming chessV as fast as you are inventing new games.
Btw, (Greg), I think you are right that a position is not repeated if the joker has a different move. The repetition rule should only be applied as a last resort. If the game has changed status in any way, the players should be left to battle it out.