Originally posted by OuermyhteIs this the one where you place two boards side by side, with one team member playing white and one black? When your team mate captures a piece, you can place it on your board instead of making a move?
what ds the board look like? are there retailers on teh net?
marcus
Speaking about variants... anyone played Fischer Random Chess?
Originally posted by fawcr01Sounds like you are talking about Bug House.
Is this the one where you place two boards side by side, with one team member playing white and one black? When your team mate captures a piece, you can place it on your board instead of making a move?
Speaking about variants... anyone played Fischer Random Chess?
Originally posted by OuermyhteYou sit, one across and one on the left and on the right.
what ds the board look like? are there retailers on teh net?
marcus
colors could be like white, silver, black and Gold. You can get the chess game at a store call spencers. They also have a four way checkers but who wants to play that?
http://www.pathguy.com/chess/FourChss.htm
Originally posted by RBHILLThis game does not sound like the four player chess I have seen. The ones I have seen had a eight by eight square main board and Three or four ranks on the sides of the main board.
You sit, one across and one on the left and on the right.
colors could be like white, silver, black and Gold. You can get the chess game at a store call spencers. They also have a four way checkers but who wants to play that?
http://www.pathguy.com/chess/FourChss.htm
Originally posted by OsseI had to use Google to find the web page. Yahoo and Grnco.net did not find it.
There is a description of the rules and board, plus some games played in a 1992 London - Cambridge Uni challenge match, here:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ins.chess/varns/4H.htm
