All, This is James Trimm, owner of the 3-D Chess Yahoo Group for many years now. My family and I are in financial need. I do not normally send out any kind of...
I've read this from you before in November, and now seeing it again I became more suspicious. So I googled you. You are quite famous... however now rather...
This is largely posed to those experienced with "Star Trek" Tridimensional Chess. I note a potential problem with the Attack boards. Now I know that there are...
Strategy do's and don'ts DO seek to position your powerful pieces to the center of the board (and the center level) this is where they will control more of the...
According to the THE OFFICIAL STAR TREK TRIDIMENSIONAL CHESS SET SUPPLEMENTAL PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS (c) 1998 by Paramount Pictures an attack board can never...
I have noted that most types of 3D Chess can be broken into 3 catagories based on movement of pieces: 1. Planer - This type of game follows the thinking that...
James, You are correct. The Franklin Mint was a rip-off copy. And the instructions are incomplete. I had correspondence with the developer (forgot his name ...
James, James, James ... and "Link", I thought you both are allready in this group for a while and do read the postings. We had this topic over and over agin. ...
Jens Meder
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Feb 10, 2008 11:17 am
1969
Strategies are allways a question of the game you are playing. So before talking about strategies. We should say which 3D-Chess is played. There aren't only...
Jens Meder
jens.meder@...
Feb 10, 2008 11:17 am
1970
Once again: There are NO "Official rules". Compare the other "Attack Board" e-mail and the STAR TREK ENCYCLPEDIA. I guess what you call "THE OFFICIAL STAR...
Jens Meder
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Feb 10, 2008 11:17 am
1971
A good montra that comes to mind ..is based on an old saying that my Shihan taught me years ago . And it goes like this : I am everywhere at once and yet...
Actually I reposted the question to stimulate discussion on the group since things have been dead for a while. ... read the ... develop rules ... refer to ... ...
Although another version of rules allows the "hanging pawn" to move off of the attack board by making a diagonal move on its first move only in order to exit...
Hi, While we're on the subject of attack boards... I'm the author of a computer Star Trek chess program (using Jens' rules). Something I observed is that the ...
Hi Mauro: Setup a position in which attack board motion is the only option to escape check, then force the engine to move. That will at least settle the...
There are a number of ST Chess games implemented in Zillions - anyone care to comment on how that system uses the attack boards? In my experience, Zillions is...
... Over the years, many fans have produced many different Star Trek chess rules, some mostly original, many based on others. As endless variants have...
Hello Ken, a very detailed, expicit and good article you posted here ... There is only two things I like to contradict: I do agree the interpretation of...
Jens Meder
jens.meder@...
Feb 13, 2008 6:39 pm
1979
I once suggested that "inverted" could mean 180 degrees. If so, that could also solve the "hanging pawn" problem. ... is only ... the show ... board ... ...
... But merely rotating an empty attack board 180 degress upon its pin would technically be a passing move since this has no effect on the overall playing...
But if a pawn is "piloting" the attack board, then it can have a real effect, like solving the "hanging pawn" problem ... But merely rotating an empty attack...
... real effect, like solving the "hanging pawn" problem ... Good point! That 'hanging pawn' problem was one of the motivations for developing the Curved Space...
Are there fan-written variant rules supporting (a) more than four attack boards, (b) hanging attack boards, (c) stacking attack boards, (d) rotating attack...
The history of Chess is filled with games that were, at their time, considered the best and most appropriate versions. This include the current FIDE rules...
I have uploaded Zillions implementations of 3D Shogi and 3D XiangQi. Shogi and XiangQi are played by more individuals than FIDE. Until the internet, few...
Hi, I'm sure this has already been asked but since a friend has asked me this question I thought I'd ask anyway. Does anyone know if there are any available...
there is a program called parmen that will play like star trek 3d chess or u can switch to standard 2d board ok..back ta lurking...lol ... From: Kate To:...