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Virgeist
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Arimaa Variant
« on: Sep 21st, 2007, 9:30pm » |
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I think an interesting variant of Arimaa would be to replace the pairs of equally powerful units (Horses, Dogs and Cats) by gradually more powerful single units.
Example :
Elephant > Camel > Tiger > Unicorn > Horse > Dog > Cat > aardvark...
Or any other animals... 
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Re: Arimaa Variant
« Reply #1 on: Sep 21st, 2007, 9:42pm » |
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Glad to see someone else suggesting variants! I like the aardvark. It's just a funny animal.
Our top-rated HvH player, Fritzlein, is a longstanding advocate of promoting one of the horses to a higher-level piece, so that there are no equal pairs larger than a dog.
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Re: Arimaa Variant
« Reply #2 on: Sep 21st, 2007, 10:58pm » |
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Interesting, but changing only one pair might create irregularities.
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Re: Arimaa Variant
« Reply #3 on: Sep 22nd, 2007, 12:06pm » |
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This would, unfortunately, destroy the ability to be played with a chess set
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Re: Arimaa Variant
« Reply #4 on: Sep 22nd, 2007, 7:00pm » |
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Well you could then use small bumper stickers or markers to indicate which piece is stronger.
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Re: Arimaa Variant
« Reply #5 on: Sep 24th, 2007, 8:37pm » |
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on Sep 22nd, 2007, 12:06pm, 722caasi wrote:This would, unfortunately, destroy the ability to be played with a chess set
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Changing one pair can be done by inverting one of the rooks.
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Re: Arimaa Variant
« Reply #6 on: Sep 26th, 2007, 5:23pm » |
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We just need removable pedestals for holding inverted knights and bishops, right?
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Re: Arimaa Variant
« Reply #7 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 11:43am » |
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Or a simple levitation spell could hold the board and original pieces upside down while the variant pieces remain upright. (My dad thought this one up!)
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Re: Arimaa Variant
« Reply #8 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 7:32pm » |
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on Sep 27th, 2007, 11:43am, RonWeasley wrote:| Or a simple levitation spell could hold the board and original pieces upside down while the variant pieces remain upright. (My dad thought this one up!) |
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What about turning one half of the board and the normal stickers 90o one way and the variant pieces 90o the other way?
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