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       Variants with Environment Modifiers.
       By: ebinola Date: February 18, 2018, 4:45 pm
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       Are there any variants that successfully utilise environment
       modifiers to alter the scene on the board? When I say
       'environment modifiers' - let me take a couple of examples from
       Knightmare chess:
       [list]
       [li]A card called 'Forbidden City' allows you to place a new
       piece on any unoccupied square. This piece cannot move and
       cannot be captured.[/li]
       [li]One card allows you to demarcate a square as holy ground. If
       a piece moves onto this square, it gains the power to move as a
       bishop.[/li]
       [li]A card called 'Man-Trap' (IIRC) requires the holder to
       secretly write down a square on the board. If a piece occupies
       that square in the future, the trap springs and that piece is
       captured.[/li]
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       There are also variants that use portals that can give slower
       pieces a lot of mobility.
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       Re: Variants with Environment Modifiers.
       By: BenR Date: February 19, 2018, 8:06 pm
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       Three come to mind with dynamic environments:
       Laser Chess/Khet has, in a sense, every piece being a piece of
       terrain.
       George Marino's Timeline has every piece leaving a trail
       ("timeline") that can later be interacted with.
       Voidrider Chess (and others, but this seems the most involved)
       allows squares to be moved.
       And there are more with fixed environments (which it sounds like
       maybe isn't what you were looking for?):
       Of course, there are several games with rivers or palaces.
       Joe Joyce's games (often more wargame than chess variant)
       sometimes involve terrain.
       Christian Freeling's Chad involves castles.
       Renezans Chess has its central square give additional powers to
       any occupant.
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       Re: Variants with Environment Modifiers.
       By: John_Lewis Date: February 22, 2018, 12:09 pm
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       Feudal [Avalon Hill] used a very large board with three types of
       terrain and one piece for a literal Castle that required pieces
       to stop on the courtyard space before entering.
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