Normal Chess isn't nerdy enough? (Foxtrot)

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Rae1

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/Larger version at the Foxtrot website here.
//I actually did something quite similar to this once.

victhestick

reminds me of the time we played blindfold poker

ichabod801

We did a thing like that once, where when pieces captured you had an arena combat using Fantasy Trip rules. Problem was, we made the queen nine times as powerful as a pawn, and nothing could defeat it in battle to capture it.

iFeather

Funny.

EternalChess

Wow.. I go with the mother... Isnt chess nerdy enough?

Rae1
Serbo wrote:

Wow.. I go with the mother... Isnt chess nerdy enough?


Oh man, if Paige Fox was real and she read this comment she'd die.

/she's the sister...

artfizz

Life would simpler if there was only one game, and it combined the rules of all the other games. The only problem: what to call it?

rnunesmagalhaes
artfizz wrote:

Life would simpler if there was only one game, and it combined the rules of all the other games. The only problem: what to call it?


"The Game"?

shoop2

I lost.

PvtPoorwill
shoop2 wrote:

I lost.


 I've lost something like 47 times..

electricpawn

I''ll say it; chess is nerdy enough already!

Qwertykeyboard

Chess isn't nerdy, just slightly unrealistic. But when you think about it, isn't everything?

thesexyknight

I'd say the "nerdiness factor" of chess decreased as people grow up. In modern society it's hard to look down on someone considering how many flaws everyone has Smile/Frown (this statement needs a smiley and a sad face because i'm not sure if this is good or bad lol)

Writch
artfizz wrote:

Life would simpler if there was only one game, and it combined the rules of all the other games. The only problem: what to call it?


I'd call it LIFE. But Milton Bradley already has a trademark on that branding; the real pity it that their version isn't even a mere hint of a shadow of Life.

There's irony for you - to make Life "simpler" as artfizz wishes, LIFE has to become more complex by at least a couple dozen degrees of magnitude.

artfizz
Writch wrote:
 

I'd call it LIFE. But Milton Bradley already has a trademark on that branding; the real pity it that their version isn't even a mere hint of a shadow of Life.

There's irony for you - to make Life "simpler" as artfizz wishes, LIFhas to become more complex by at least a couple dozen degrees of magnitude.


An upside of LIFETM is that your rating is not constantly displayed. A downside is that the rules are vague.

 

tonymtbird
artfizz wrote:

An upside of  

LIFE

TM is that your rating is not constantly displayed. A downside is that the rules are vague.

 


Sir...I hope you are being sarcastic, otherwise you may need to learn how to read once again.  The rules of LIFare clearly stated....

artfizz
tonymtbird wrote: Sir...I hope you are being sarcastic, otherwise you may need to learn how to read once again.  The rules of LIFare clearly stated....

Perhaps you wouldn't mind jogging my memory? What is rule #1?

Writch
artfizz wrote:
tonymtbird wrote: Sir...I hope you are being sarcastic, otherwise you may need to learn how to read once again.  The rules of LIFare clearly stated....

Perhaps you wouldn't mind jogging my memory? What is rule #1?


 #1 - The first rule of LIFE Club is: You do not talk about LIFE Club.

victhestick

My nephew kicked my butt at Stratego Saturday.  Seems all the chess is messing up

my other games, Battle Ship, Chutes and Ladders, etc.  I am even finding it hard

to concentrate on Yahtzee lately.

artfizz
victhestick wrote: My nephew kicked my butt at Stratego Saturday.  Seems all the chess is messing up my other games, Battle Ship, Chutes and Ladders, etc.  I am even finding it hard to concentrate on Yahtzee lately.

Tough Dice! Over here we play Snakes and Ladders (with real snakes) - so you'd better stay focussed.