Fencer: hat about negotiating a contradeal ... if anyone pays up on the originators site becasue they first found the game here then you get a cut of their registration or whatever there?

I think that cylinder chess and berliner chess would be fun to try.

Caissus: So where did you get the pieces?

I think my brain would explode trying to keep a track of what pieces were being attacked and how ... gothic and janus chess are hard enough for me ... but you are right, it does look interesting.

I think it would be too destructive on an 8x8 board so there could be little strategy or tactics. Maybe same pieces on a larger board?

For a variant to be successful I think it needs to be simple with likely consequences able to be thought out at least a few moves ahead. The explosive nature of this would preclude tactics beyond perhaps 2 or 3 moves.

Sorry ... very busy and when I said I would do it I didn't realise I needed to ZRF101 first. Patience is a virtue so you will need to be very virtuous :)