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Mooneyes
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Nov-17-01, 09:50 PM (EDT) |
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"Knightmare Chess"
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Heh. Well, since I saw the name in a post, and linked that to the exploding bishop in the Symphonies, I did the dangerous thing, and Ass-U-Me-d that that was the name of the version they played. And then, of course, came the next thing...the questions. So: 1. Is there actually a game like this? 2. If so, are there rules available? 3. If there is, where can I get them? Well, that was pretty much it, I guess. Oh, ho...no it wasn't. 4. Has anyone in the populace read the books of Gord the Rouge by Gary Gygax? 4a. In them is a version of chess with camels and other pieces, does anyone know if and where rules for THIS type of chess can be found? THAT was all. So, ta! -MoonEyes |
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Offsides
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Nov-17-01, 11:15 PM (EDT) |
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2. "RE: Knightmare Chess"
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>>1. Is there actually a game like this? > >yes, it's a ccg > Card game - yes. CCG - no. Never had a chance to play myself, but it looks fun.>>2. If so, are there rules available? > >if you buy some i'd assume you get the rules > Yes, you assume correctly :) >>3. If there is, where can I get them? > >http://www.sjgames.com/knightmare/ > Or your local game store, but Warehouse 23 is probably a safer bet... Offsides SJGames MIB #5273 - OGRE AI Testing Division #include <sjgames.h> #91;...#93; in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. -- David Ben Gurion EPU RCW #pi; #include <stdsig.h> |
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Gryphon
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Nov-18-01, 00:15 AM (EDT) |
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3. "RE: Knightmare Chess"
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>>>1. Is there actually a game like this? >> >>yes, it's a ccg >> >Card game - yes. CCG - no. Never had a chance to play myself, but it >looks fun. According to my chess-loving friends, its main advantage is that it makes the game so chaotic that lousy chess players can play against decent chess players without being automatically slaughtered. It's important to note, however, that the kids were playing with a nonstandard house rule in A Rose for the New Year; normally, Fireball (the exploding-piece card) doesn't affect kings. Under the usual Knightmare Chess rules, you can't checkmate with card effects. That rule was waived in New Year in the hopes that it would make the game end sometime that day. :) --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
-><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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Evil Midnight Lurker
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Nov-18-01, 05:43 AM (EDT) |
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4. "RE: Knightmare Chess"
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>Well, that was pretty much it, I guess. Oh, ho...no it wasn't. > >4. Has anyone in the populace read the books of Gord the Rouge by Gary >Gygax? >4a. In them is a version of chess with camels and other pieces, does >anyone know if and where rules for THIS type of chess can be found? Dragonchess, a perhaps overly complex 3D game with three 8x16 boards. The rules were printed in an issue of Dragon magazine sometime around the Gord books' publication--it might have been issue #100, I can't recall. It'd certainly be in the Complete Dragon on CD-ROM collection. --Sam Ashley "Arthur, is this a warm moment or should we be disturbed?"
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