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Post #AwnJdkbG67vKXopRJI by [email protected] |
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*Has anyone ever actually played this, and is it a fun game |
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Post #AwnJdkhHjikCqVeFhg by [email protected] |
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@bruces Alt text pls |
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Post #AwxAS8s54kV8L4gbdg by [email protected] |
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@brucesLooks like the game of society. |
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Post #AwxASBnaBvgZPzbYXo by [email protected] |
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@bruces Stockfish says it's +24, so it's not balanced out and "the… |
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Post #AwxASBvNivvLoBFmhU by [email protected] |
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Post #AwxASCJqFzUR22hJpI by [email protected] |
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@bruces One more thing. Since the original puts black pawns in the mix, you kin… |
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Post #AwxASD8tCCK5aMa5OS by [email protected] |
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Post #AwxASDenHZqNBJVZ7g by [email protected] |
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Post #AwxASKyu3D5XthyDwG by [email protected] |
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@bruces So long as the pawns protect each other they can close up the board and… |
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Post #AwxASd6ef7z66xjfWK by [email protected] |
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@bruces I reminded of the game Thud from Terry Pratchett's Discworld, which… |
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Post #AwxASdDOG5N8Rqt31E by [email protected] |
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@static @bruces Also on Vimes' thoughts about chess. He hated the way the p… |
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Post #AwxASnflNS0eskEqdE by [email protected] |
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@bruces Its missing one rule: no member of the elite team will sacrifice thems… |
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Post #AwxASwuz0EX1YYQd6W by [email protected] |
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@bruces unfortunately stockfish says this is probably gonna be a losing game to… |
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Post #AwxASx3UUbKxywPQMi by [email protected] |
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@mynameistillian @bruces Hasn’t it been for ages? Bauernkriege, French Revolu… |
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Post #AwxAT41yYdHhcGkoTY by [email protected] |
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@bruces have not played this but it doesn't look fun to me. Black can only … |
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Post #AwxAT84xVU30AgBFgG by [email protected] |
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@bruces do the normal promotion rules apply tho? |
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Post #AwxATFJ2dWTIaNp66S by [email protected] |
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@bruces @mmu_man #Alt4You Could you maybe add an alt-text so people not able to… |
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Post #AwxATOFpMqFSL1O9qK by [email protected] |
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@bruces every day. And no, it is not fun. |
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Post #AwxATQx9Kk5ehxfme8 by [email protected] |
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@bruces I ran a prototype game on a custom engine and ... well, once a Queen or… |
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Post #AwxATkO54pvEyzQ3lI by [email protected] |
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@bruces Haven't played it, but it's an interesting premise.Note that se… |
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Post #AwxAV28wXxLeLCx6H2 by [email protected] |
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@froderik @bruces I think you may have missed the point, it is not the colours … |
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Post #AwxAV4RnynclUHnBx2 by [email protected] |
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@bruces I guess that all of the pawns are on the same side? Otherwise, this gam… |
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Post #AwxAVFkdx6EGXtgtLE by [email protected] |
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@tokensane I only recently read through Night Watch and I was quite taken with … |
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Post #AwxAVNb0mnHIsLFJRI by [email protected] |
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@bruces There are some non-obvious and some unusual games within the set of che… |
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Post #AwxAVUmG5NQx9FYtRQ by [email protected] |
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@bruces bougie Monopoly! |
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Post #AwxAVVuRsPZyewOwqW by [email protected] |
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@bruces I have been playing for a few decades and so far it is not fun at all. |
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Post #AwxAVekV0ly64god5U by [email protected] |
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@bruces Trump and Melania are obvious but I’m trying to figure out which piec… |
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Post #AwxAVgEfU5h8gXwEka by [email protected] |
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@froderik @bruces It's "pawns vs power", not the traditional &quo… |
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Post #AwxAVzGQjlOThVuPdQ by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] Then, if the pawns win, they become the ruling class an… |
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Post #AwxAVzMoM2Uw1ItVa4 by [email protected] |
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@jaywink @bruces Never thought of queening a pawn that way before. |
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Post #AwxAW0XpyWubfn3pPE by [email protected] |
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@bruces - Beware of pawns in great multitude to out rank the minority rulers. … |
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Post #AwxAWGVEdyKzALxyZU by [email protected] |
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@zimzat @bruces I think it would be wrong to assume the revolutionaries would c… |
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Post #AwxAWNpLPba9skQdO4 by [email protected] |
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@bruces From a quick look, this is a trivial win for white. You just need to sa… |
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Post #AwxAWVdaNCvi6azMAa by [email protected] |
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@bruces No, but I did, coincidentally, invent a socialist variant of chess rece… |
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Post #AwxAWVmRqG1EY58Qz2 by [email protected] |
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@bruces I call this variant “The People’s War”. Or “Pawn Storm”, if y… |
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Post #AwxAWWXwze14vPMN1c by [email protected] |
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@bruces To play “The People’s War”, just import this FEN into the chess U… |
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Post #AwxAWrKthN3LP0Pk5w by [email protected] |
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@bruces do pawns reaching 8th row get promoted? If no, perhaps pawn movement c… |
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Post #AwxAWtp6S2P37GYtSC by [email protected] |
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@froderik @bruces I assumed the white pawns are in league with the black pawns … |
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Post #AwxAWtwtz2dpVSD7bs by [email protected] |
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@froderik @bruces I think the elites will make very short work of them. A sacri… |
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Post #AwxAXEt48V3CRdZr2u by [email protected] |
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@9v1rt Will someone please tell Erik Olin Wright (or their heirs) of the existe… |
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Post #AwxAXNn12MYi3ToeMi by [email protected] |
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@targetdrone @froderik @bruces It would have been even less subtle if the pawns… |
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Post #AwxAXZR7jaB4B3fKuO by [email protected] |
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@staticWhich in turn is based on a real asymmetric game:https://en.m.wikipedia.… |
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Post #AwxAXbw2Rc5vvW93NA by [email protected] |
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@bruces I don't know this one but it calls to mind the old tabletop game, O… |
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Post #AwxAYZT36WYaYz2kW8 by [email protected] |
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@GoblinQuester @bruces aha that is more interesting! Thanks for pointing it out! |
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Post #AwxAYcmem51WqfEwzo by [email protected] |
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@mynameistillian @bruces There’s also a rule in which once per game the pawn … |
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Post #AwxAYfy6vwy6j3cdlY by [email protected] |
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@bruces Far too few pawns, they get slaughtered by the pieces. A third row of p… |
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Post #AwxAYowfYgAAZC17Gi by [email protected] |
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@static @bruces Thud is based to a degree on Hnefatafl, which is a Norse chessl… |
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Post #AwxAZ2Es8JRpnPdKwi by [email protected] |
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@bruces can the white pawns move forwards and attack the white pieces (e.g. are… |
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Post #AwxAZISZp7uw6YAVWq by [email protected] |
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@lokester Perhaps you could? 🙂 |
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Post #AwxAZfImtgkkwqlVxo by [email protected] |
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Post #AwxAZk1bL0ybazlMMy by [email protected] |
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@bruces Finally, Chess 2 |
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Post #AwxAaBIXw7ZeBMtm1w by [email protected] |
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@mynameistillian @bruces Lichess has Horde mode which is like this with a lot m… |
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Post #AwxAaKOu5r0UPgwTgm by [email protected] |
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@torsi @bruces I agree. I saw a chess reference in a show involving nobility th… |
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Post #AxEQ2HcQr6mpi7n5W4 by [email protected] |
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@bruces this is not very balanced, with the pawns no chance of winning. Which m… |
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Post #AxEQ2K0xwrbF8nHi2C by [email protected] |
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@bruces How to win? First, "Send the marines" (Knights, in honor of l… |
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Post #AxEQ5M8aVnP2asIS12 by [email protected] |
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@bruces The problem is that if the pawns kill all the tyrants and reach the bac… |
