World 2.1, with one territory per person to start. You know you want to...

John9's Blue Note Cafe

You could have different rooms named after shades of blue, like azure, cyan, turquoise, cerulean, periwinkle, cobalt, and aquamarine. I like those names.

Nope, it's just like a regular chess game. You can only attack pieces of the opposite color.

Also, I know this is a bad setup, but I am saving any serious discussion about it for a further stage of development. Maybe I can provide a legend that shows how the pieces move, who knows?

There seems to be a great deal of support for the idea of a chess map, but this topic has gone inactive twice, even after I took people's suggestions and made updates. This thread is ready for the Foundry in my opinion... it would certainly get more activity there. It would be a shame to see this ...

Count me in... I'm not premium.

And yay, over 100 players!

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/4576/dodecahedronoutlinefourdz0.jpg

Here I have solved two problems with 1 solution. Every line is 2 colors now, which means that you can tell the ones in front from the ones in back. Also, this lets me name continents by their color and position. Here's a list ...

Here is an idea that I have had for some time... a map where every territory and continent is the same... another small map like Doodle Earth. It's the 12 sided Platonic solid, known as the Dodecahedron.

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First Version:
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Well, it seems like there's finally some discussion about this map, now that it looks somewhat professional. I took some of your suggestions and redid the graphics, and the latest version of the map is here. Comment and suggest like ...

Sorry for the double post, but it's been almost a month, and apparently this graphical update went unnoticed. This map has received some support from the community, so it's probably ready to be moved to the Foundry, unless anyone thinks the gameplay needs to be changed. What do you think?

That might be a good idea. I'll change the bonuses so that they only apply to both pieces of the same color. The King and Queen will now only give a +2 bonus for each piece of the same color. I still think that I should give a +1 bonus for a pawn, otherwise they might as well be blank spaces ...

I've made a third draft, which looks more realistic than the previous two. It actually has easy to understand bonuses this time! I displayed it on my first post as well.

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8816/chessboardmapfifteenty6.png

Anyway, since it's Wednesday already, I figured Keredrex ...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been busy with school, college apps, and such. Looks like this map is making progress without me being here, which is great! I think the next step is to finalize what the rules will be.

It seems from the posts that the movement will go as follows:
-Pieces ...

Awesome post, Keredrex. As far as graphics, this is about the extent of what I can do on MS Paint, so I would need a real map artist to work on it once all the ideas are hammered out here.

Also, I agree that the pieces should only attack as they would in chess, because, come to think of it, the ...

Hey all, thanks for the support. I made a new version of the map, with some changed rules. Tell me if you like them. I also added a background image... one step closer to the Final Forge. I took out the movement instructions as well... I assume those are not necessary, if they are, tell me so I can ...

Hey, all, some good suggestions so far, and a few that I would like to address.

I think that making empty spaces territories is a good idea. Perhaps they could only attack the four squares around them, giving all but 4 places (A1, B1, G1, and A2) access to a chess piece. Then, if you own the king ...

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VERSION 19

LARGE:

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SMALL:

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XML: http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/12/14/2223153/Chess%20XML.xml

Previous Drafts: 18L 18S 17L 17S 16L 15S 15N 14L ...