After much play-testing, I've made a few rule modifications. 1. The Pawns may now also capture triagonally. This increases the 'wall' effect and makes for...
All, Well folks, it appears that the Franklin Mint has abandoned the 3-D Chess business. They have retired their Star Trek Tridimensional chess set and say...
Lets see...I learned about the board in 1996 I think. They sold that one for several years, with and without the rules they promised. I am told that they ...
Andrew Bartmess
abartmes@...
Feb 9, 2002 4:12 pm
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Mine, which was purchased just about a year ago, had two instruction booklets the earliest of which had a 1994 copyright....
I have a little pamphlet with the words "Tridimensional Chess" and "STARFLEET ACADEMY TRAINING MANUAL" on the front, with a picture of the set, and a large 3-D...
...which was the original illegal bootleg of my 1978 _Star Trek Giant Poster Book_ Tri-D Chess article, later discovered and used "elsewhere"......
Andrew Bartmess
abartmes@...
Feb 10, 2002 12:15 am
864
... ->...the Franklin Mint has abandoned ... their Star Trek Tridimen- ->sional chess set. ... molds are destroyed and they will never again ->be made...
... Yes, the Franlin Mint sets were obviously made in near total disregard for accuracy to the original props. They are nearly half scale, with ridiculous...
... ->I had always assumed that the boards were simply made from scratch ->using acrylic rods and sheets ... .. ..I don't think so! A close look at published...
If you want to host these pix, I would add a .jpg to my chess site....
Andrew Bartmess
abartmes@...
Feb 17, 2002 3:03 am
869
... <william_dagostino@y...> wrote: Millennium 3D Chess* Library As a reminder, we are building a chess virtual library of completed Millennium 3D Chess*...
Sorry if some of you get multiple copies of this, but this is important enough that I BCC'ed it to all the Yahoogroups of which I'm a member. Yahoo! has...
... ->-> Due to Yahoo's new marketing policies, the spam to your mailbox ->-> from Yahoo may increase unless you make adjustments now. .. ..Thanks for posting...
One of the things that I have noticed is that the Unicorn is a relatively weak piece, particularly within the smaller playing fields. In fact, on the 8x8x3...
As I read in this group the star trek 3D chess is'nt made anymore. I still have one in my cellar. I never unpacked it from the parcel. It was the second price...
To whom it may concern: I am interested in buying a Franklin Mint Star Trek 3d Chess game. What are you offering it for, I might give you $75 Canadian. ...
... I ... worse nowadays? I just searched completed auctions on eBay, and found 4 of these that have been sold recently. The cheapest one sold for a little...
i could really use a zillions file for jim aiken's game 'five up.' (subtle hint for somebody to program it.) http://www.chessvariants.com/3d.dir/fiveup.html ...
For those who are interested, this issue of Abstract Games magazine contains the first of several articles about the history of 3D Chess written by yours...
Great article! I'm glad someone has taken the time to collect and organize the available information and that AG has given it so much space. There's not much...
... maybe ... Since it's copyrighted, the best way would be to subscribe to Abstract Games magazine, at http://www.abstractgamesmagazine.com/subscribe.html You...
I have invented 43 unique chess-related games thusfar based upon geometric, perfect symmetry. Unfortunately- all are 2-D, none are 3-D. Symmetrical Chess...
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