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submitted 5 months ago by kurushimi@sh.itjust.works to c/anarchychess@sopuli.xyz

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

I've wondered how chess might play out with an optional Joker piece. Each side gets one Joker, to substitute in place of one of their Pawns. The Joker can move one square in any direction like the King, but cannot take out any pieces. No other pieces can take out the Joker either, except the opponent's King. Also, the Joker cannot be promoted to any other piece.

The Joker is just there as a silly and annoying distraction to block opponent pieces LOL!

[–] Cybersec@piefed.social 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That’s a very cool idea.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah, if I may add another optional rule..

The Joker can indeed take out one opponent piece, but it's only the opponent's Joker.

But being that they're Jokers and not even Pawns, they're too stupid to fight, so it becomes a suicide move, eliminating both Jokers from the board at once..

What you think?

[–] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Coin flip: heads they both die, tails you flip a second coin and if heads, both go to the player who initiated the capture, tails they go to the other player.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Randomness is forbidden in Chess, it's all logical gameplay.

If anything, to address this issue, I'd assign the Joker piece right in front of the King for both sides.

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago

just use this simple formula: {sin({cos(t)*295732})*50381} where t is the time passed since the start of the game in seconds

skilled players would just calculate this in their head and plan accordingly

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Kinda similar to a duck piece that can be placed anywhere after your turn, can't be captured, but will move again in 1 turn.

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well… try it out and tell us how it went?

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately, I don't have any physical chess set to easily modify that way, but if I did, it could be as simple as taking one pawn from each side and painting a dot of red nail polish on the top, to indicate it's an (optional) Joker piece, depending how the players care to play.

I also only know one other person in my area that used to be around to play chess with, but I haven't seen him in a couple months.

Sigh, maybe someday...

[–] ColdSideOfYourPillow@anarchist.nexus 2 points 5 months ago

Do not let Batman learn of this Chess variant.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Look at Duck Chess.

They play tournaments of it. https://www.youtube.com/live/8UOXcJRY0is?t=224s

After every move you get a second duck move where you can put the duck wherever you want to block or protect.