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       #Post#: 590--------------------------------------------------
       Tower Chess
       By: ubersketch Date: March 10, 2018, 8:08 am
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       So I just came up with this Chess Variant.
       We have all the standard rules of FIDE Chess but we have some
       new rules and pieces.
       Pieces
       I have added 3 new pieces in this variant. The Tower, Fortress,
       and Palace.
       Tower - This is a stationary piece, however, it can capture the
       first enemy piece in an orthogonal line from itself.
  HTML https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TsavyPrince/alfaerieomega/master/btower.gif
  HTML https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TsavyPrince/alfaerieomega/master/wtower.gif
       Cathedral - Like the Tower, this is a stationary piece, however,
       it can only capture the first enemy piece from a diagonal line
       from itself.
  HTML https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TsavyPrince/alfaerieomega/master/bcathedral.gif
  HTML https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TsavyPrince/alfaerieomega/master/wcathedral.gif
       Palace - This stationary piece is a compound of the Tower and
       the Cathedral.
  HTML https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TsavyPrince/alfaerieomega/master/bpalace.gif
  HTML https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TsavyPrince/alfaerieomega/master/wpalace.gif
       Rules
       The rules are exactly the same as FIDE chess, except for a few
       additional rules.
       The Tower, Fortress, and Palace may be dropped on the board
       anytime, however, if Black drops one of these pieces first,
       Black has to wait for White to drop one of these pieces before
       Black can pdrop another piece again and vice versa.
       Each player may only drop pieces on their own half of the board.
       Each player may only drop 2 Towers, 2 Fortresses, and 1 Palace.
       The game starts like FIDE chess, however, Black may place a
       Tower, Fortress, or Palace on the first turn before White moves.
       I really need criticism since I haven't designed any Chess
       variants before.
       #Post#: 595--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Tower Chess
       By: Asher Hurowitz Date: March 10, 2018, 8:28 pm
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       I quite enjoy this variant, it's very intriguing and looks like
       fun, I'll probably try it out! Good job!  ;D
       #Post#: 596--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Tower Chess
       By: ubersketch Date: March 11, 2018, 8:30 am
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       [quote author=Asher Hurowitz link=topic=85.msg595#msg595
       date=1520735314]
       I quite enjoy this variant, it's very intriguing and looks like
       fun, I'll probably try it out! Good job!  ;D
       [/quote]
       Thanks, I found out about some large shogi variants like
       Tenjiku, Tai, and Taikyoku (the Big Trio) and some of these
       pieces had an "igui" move which means capturing without moving.
       I decided it would be interesting if we replaced all of the
       moves of Bishops, Rooks, and Queens with igui moves.
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