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Nuno Cruz wrote on Sat, Oct 19, 2002 01:11 PM EDT:

It could be introduced an page on your historical variants pages about the
diferent nuances of medieval chess, its evolution and particular rules to
this or that country through the centurys, wich are now not in use or used
diferently...

:-)

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Mon, Nov 15, 2004 08:00 PM EST:

Can someone explain what game is it?. I have seen the Preset, but I don´t
know what pieces are in, neither the rules. Other question : Why
medieval?.

Greg Strong wrote on Wed, Nov 17, 2004 05:34 PM EST:

A brief rules description can be found <a href='http://groups.msn.com/ChessVariantClub/pbmpresets.msnw?action=view_list&row=5&viewtype=2&sortstring='>here</a>. Basically: the Bow and Arrow piece is a Longbowman, which moves like a <a href='/piececlopedia.dir/dabbabah.html'>Dabbabah</a>. the Crecent Moon piece is a Seer, which moves like an <a href='/piececlopedia.dir/alfil.html'>Alfil</a>. the Warrior's Head piece is a Swordsman, and can move 2 squares in any direction without jumping. This brief description seems to indicate that it cannot move a single space, but I assume he meant to say no more than 2. Also, there's a special castling rule. It's too bad that the Game Courier preset has square colors that are so low-contrast. It would be nice if individual users could override square colors and piece sets on a game-by-game basis, but I realise that would probably be a real pain to implement.

Antoine Fourrière wrote on Thu, Nov 18, 2004 04:42 AM EST:

You can edit the preset and create a new one (different colors, different
numbers of files/rows, different piece locations, another set of
pieces...). Then you must update the new preset and paste its new FORM
block on a web page on your own hard disk to issue an invitation.
I think you should use a slightly different name if you do not simply
change the colors, like Viking Chess on 108 squares as opposed to Viking
Chess. Otherwise your log will end up in the original directory.

Greg Strong wrote on Thu, Nov 18, 2004 10:01 AM EST:

Sure, you can change colors to make a new preset, but frequently I do not
create the game.  In any event, one player should be able to use alfaeire
pieces and another use abstract pieces in the same game, for example. 
Even more useful for games like Shogi (not everyone can or wants to read
the Kanji.)  Color overrides is somewhat less important, but still bloody
nice, especially with new games showing up with really wacky colors.

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Nov 18, 2004 11:21 AM EST:

For the record, there is no need to speak in the subjunctive about the
ability to choose your own piece set for a game in Game Courier. It has
had that feature for some time. As for choosing the colors of the squares,
it could work, if implemented, only for boards automatically generated by
Game Courier, not for those made from images. This makes it a trickier
feature to implement.

Greg Strong wrote on Thu, Nov 18, 2004 11:27 AM EST:

It has the feature?  Great!  How do you use it?

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Nov 18, 2004 10:02 PM EST:

Before you click the 'Verify' button, change the piece set that is listed
for you in the dropdown menu. Then, on the 'Verify your move' page, you
will see the board rendered with your selected piece set. It will continue
to use your selected piece set for your display of the game.

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