The inspiration for this game has many sources, but the most recent was Mark Thompson's Tetrahedral Chess. The basic idea being of a playing field with ranks...
Some might think its to difficult to learn. However when I took 'Chess - The Next Generation' across Canada into alot of schools everyone found it very easy to...
There have been many who have suggested some form of hook-move for the sliders in the 3D environment. This can greatly increase the power of these pieces,...
POSTED BY POERMISSION OF THE MODERATOR Shalom achim, As some of you know I (the moderator of this group) am also a Bible translator. The HRV is the Messianic...
Anyone I was wondering what Tim O'Lena's e-mail might be as I have created a 5x5x5 board at home and tried playing a test game by myself to see what Tims game...
Tim I don't know where to start. I have looked at offence to defence ratios of your game 5x5x5 chess, my game Exchequer 4x4x4, Classic chess, and a new idea...
The Space Knight with its combined leaps of 1x2x3, 2x2x3 and 2x3x3 areas is an extremely powerful piece. And it can dominate a large portion of the playing...
... I have released my 5x5x5 and 4x8x4 games to the public, and I am sitting on a 6x6x6 game, which Smith, Troyka and perhaps Robert Price have seen. I am not...
Hi! Of course variants don't need to emulate FIDE chess, but some developer might like to that nevertheless. It depends on wheter you like just to add a third...
Jens Meder
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Feb 22, 2004 5:52 pm
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Jens When I talk about move option ratios, I mean to have the variant last as long as chess. Not to copy it. There is an optimum game length just as there is...
... wrote: "When I talk about move option ratios, I mean to have the variant last as long as chess. Not to copy it. There is an optimum game length just as...
Quadlevel usually ends up taking as long as regular chess. Due to the dual monarchy which leads to complications early enough that somebody goes down in 50...
Hi! There seems to be a little misunderstanding of my last mail about variants, as I didn't speak about the time duration of a game. I do agree to what Rick...
Jens Meder
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Feb 28, 2004 12:44 pm
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Hi Larry! You don't interrupt a personal conversation at all. If that would be a personal one, we shouldn't use this group! And as anyone can read in the mail...
Jens Meder
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Feb 28, 2004 12:44 pm
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Jens It is quite an accomplishment to develop a game for Star Trek. When we spend time on this group debating one game over another as I haven't played many...
Hi Rick! Looks like we have another misunderstanding here, I didn't develop a game for STAR TREK. I developed rules for the "STAR TREK 3D-Chess". I just call...
Jens Meder
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Mar 2, 2004 5:02 pm
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Thanks for clarifying Jens I am impressed and interested in you and your gaming club. I am trying to market my game, so there is some competition here. I will...
... Richard Stilwell says--- I also have developed a 3-Tier chess game, I quit playing chess about 30 years ago because no-one would play with me unless I...
In one of the recent discussions, there was a request to develop an exchange system for 3D Chess. I believe that I've worked up one that can be used as a...
G'day My name is Tony and I live in Sydney Australia. I am interested in playing 3d chess over email or webcam I have the full 3 board 3D chess game cheers ...
G'day I was wondering if any one is playing around with the idea or even had built a chess board, that has more that 3 levels of full boards 8x8, and or the...
G'day I was wondering if any one is playing around with the idea or even had built a chess board, that has more that 3 levels of full boards 8x8, and or the...
Thanks I have an 8 x 8 x 3 well i have 2 of them 1 has 1 set of pieces the other is played with 3 sets of pieces I also have global chess - which is played...
tony, see this link for a picture of our 8x8x8 board (3D8) http://www.hixoxih.com/games/chess/3D8-pricing.htm we can make boards with 2-8 levels. ray. ... ...
Ray E. Bornert II
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Apr 11, 2004 12:43 pm
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... perhaps ... more ... Check the Files section of this Group for various configurations of playing fields. You will find that there is quite a large...
Hi Tony! I was think about that since I read your mails. I hope you are aware that there are more than one version for every 3D-Chess you named so far. Now as...
Jens Meder
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Apr 12, 2004 10:26 pm
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It has been a bit since anyone posted to the Group, so I thought it might be interesting to start a line of discussion. Gavin Smith has recently published on...
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