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   rac0308 said, 2 days ago

   D&D Chess. Interesting

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   dataweaver said, 2 days ago

   This is real. I own a deck of cards called Knightmare Chess. You use them in conjunction with a normal chess game to introduce various changes to the rules, some temporary, some permanent - for example, there’s a card that lets you cause one of your Knights to explode, capturing everything that it was threatening;l or there’s the card that causes all pawns to move backward for the rest of the game.

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   shadyproject said, 2 days ago

   Sounds like fun, but I’m bad already enough at regular chess.

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   Ji2m said, 2 days ago

   What I want to see is how they play 3-D chess…

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   Lewreader said, 2 days ago

   Dice! Hmph! When I was a kid we pladed with rocks and clubs. Wham! You lose!

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   dkram said, 2 days ago

   dataweaver said, about 4 hours ago

   “This is real. I own a deck of cards called Knightmare Chess.”

   My nephew would love this.

   \\//_

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   vexatron1984 said, 2 days ago

   That’s right Jason! Nerdy is a hundred times more sexy than sporty any day! Wait…that’s probably a negative to Jason…

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   LibrarianInTraining said, 2 days ago

   I should tell my hubby. He’d be in nerd heaven. :)

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   Setebos said, 2 days ago

   Is Battle Chess still available for the computer? I used to play it during the 80s.

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    DragonPowered said, 2 days ago

    There was another one, Archon - Black vs White. It was chess with medieval fantasy icons and the squares slowly shifted from dark to light, favoring one side or the other. When a square was challenged the square expanded to fill the screen and the two pieces dueled on a field of battle in real time. It was quite fun if you had someone as nerdy as yourself to play with.

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    Elio said, 2 days ago

    Setebos, Wow, I haven’t thought about battle chess in years. GO DOS!

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    dataweaver said, 2 days ago

    shadyproject: I’ve found that Knightmare Chess is the great equalizer. The chaos that it brings to the game makes it impossible to plan more than a couple of turns ahead, and even that much is tricky. As such, victory has a strong element of luck to it: a lucky novice has a decent chance of beating an unlucky master.

    dkram: unfortunately, the company that made it is sold out, and likely has been for some time. But you might be able to find a copy on eBay.

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    nighthawks said, 2 days ago

    battle chess was sooo cool!—I don’t think I ever played an actual chess game on it…..just made the strategic moves that caused the chess pieces to wreak havoc with each other….
    I remember one powerful piece used to DEVOUR a hapless opponent’s piece

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    Burgundy2 said, 2 days ago

    nighthawks me too! I loved watching the rooks move. And if you could maneuver things that the king took the queen, he’d take her into a plunging kiss, then hit her over the head with his sceptre.

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    Dypak said, 2 days ago

    @ Dataweaver, I’ve got that game, it’s pretty good.

    And I still play Archon. I have my old C64 fired up in the basement for just such an emergency. Nothing like Basic programs to bring out the true nerd in a man.

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    LibrarianInTraining said, 2 days ago

    Battle Chess kicked butt! Hubby and I used to play it. I especially loved when king took knight. The shot of the king throwing a bomb into the knight’s armor and waving saying “bye bye” made me laugh again and again.

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    dyankee23 said, 2 days ago

    Hmmm. My D&D skills just might be able to make up for my lack of game in chess under these rules. Now where did I put my dice?

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    chromosome said, 1 day ago

    Check today’s Close to Home.

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    slowflyer said, 1 day ago

    “Normal chess isn’t nerdy enough?”

    “Is anything, really”

    Hilarious.

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    KenTheCoffinDweller said, 1 day ago

    BattleChess was available as part of a Multiple Game package that I got about 3 - 4 years ago, along with Bard’s Tale and several other games. So it might still be available in one package or another.

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    jestrfyl said, 1 day ago

    Ooh, my nerdiness is showing. I HAVE a deck of Knightmare Chess cards- and I know that there was a second deck sold, too. They did indeed add an extra level of amusement to the chess game. I like the D&D version. Some of us like a little spice added to the purer strains of life.

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    johnparadox said, 1 day ago

    Anyone up for a round of rock/scissors/paper/spock/lizard?

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    giggles05 said, about 6 hours ago

    o wow it actually exists ha who would have thought.

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    giggles05 said, about 6 hours ago

    o wow it actually exists ha who would have thought.

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    freeholder1 said, about 3 hours ago

    then there was halo chess. Then there was zombie chess. then there was….OMG I’ve stumbled into an aging nerds convention. If I fire up an avatar, he’ll get downgraded, shifted into the asylum, eaten by a goblin and spit out by a Red Queen. I miss bridge, simple direct lying and cheating with established conventions and a daily column witrh tipos instead of cheats. Sigh again.