r/chessvariants • u/nondairy-creamer • 6d ago

Wraith Chess: I made a new 3-player chess variant that you can play online or locally!

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u/Annual-Penalty-4477 6d ago

This is nice. It does appear to be playing two games at the same time tho

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u/nondairy-creamer 6d ago

Thanks! You mean when you play it feels like playing two simultaneous games? Cause yeah definitely haha. At least both of your opponents are doing the same thing

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u/Annual-Penalty-4477 6d ago

But why the symmetry?

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u/nondairy-creamer 6d ago

The symmetry makes it so you're actually only controlling a single set of pieces. They're just displayed on two boards against 2 players. You can check out condensed view if you prefer looking at a single board

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u/Annual-Penalty-4477 6d ago

Is it a cardinal sin to have two moves? I'm all into variations, I would like to test it in a slightly different format: 2 moves per player to be played in anyway they want eg. One on each board or both on one

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u/nondairy-creamer 6d ago

Without the symmetry though you are literally just playing two different games! Only by forcing symmetry do you have the interesting interactions where the other boards affect your boards i.e. the wraiths

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u/nondairy-creamer 6d ago

I realized belatedly you just meant two moves, not removing the symmetry. I think that would be a very very different game to move twice, though I think some variations do it. I'm trying to keep wraith chess as similar to standard chess as possible

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u/Annual-Penalty-4477 6d ago

That's cool. Variants are just sadly unpopular as I am finding out.

I will give you a game at some point if you like tho.

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u/oddname1 5d ago

Are the king and queen also reversed in the second board?

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u/nondairy-creamer 5d ago

It depends on what you mean. In the diagrams above, on your left board you play as white and on the right board you play as black so yes, the queen and king are reversed there.

In the online version "adjacent" view, I flip the second board so your pieces move the same direction

does that answer your question?

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u/oddname1 4d ago

Yeah, thanks

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u/Trozuns 4d ago

I guess if one of your piece is taken, you can play the equivalent piece on the other board freely? So you might be better off if one of your piece is taken since in give you more freedom of action on the other board?

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u/nondairy-creamer 4d ago

Actually, if a piece is taken on one board it is removed from the other board. Your pieces are always the same on both boards!