Anyone following this thread might be interest in a board game I
invented back in the 70s, that I named "Astro-Chess". It is a game
played by two, three or four players at the same time - in partners or
cut-throat. Played on a circular board about 30" in diameter with a
colorful, Astrological backdrop; each player has 18 pieces: Sun, Moon,
two Mercuries, two Venuses, one Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
and Pluto and 6 nodes. In some ways it is much like conventional
Chess, but far more complicated to the point that it is a social game
with time to exchange pleasantries as the other players decide and
make their moves. The object of the game is to Eclipse the Moon; the
equivalent of a Check-mate. Several times I have considered making a
computer version of the game; particularly with the large color
monitors we now have. I did receive a design patent and copyrights;
mostly expired at this time. I sold some 500 sets in 30 states and 8
foreign countries. Lost my arse, but had fun and learned a lot!
Joe Wilkins
On Jun 28, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote:
Thanks for sharing this, Richmond
I spended too much years, time away, to checkmate too much players
and novag superconstellation's or chess challanger's boxes in
abusing of italian gambits... To the end, one day i did't got any
satisfaction in playing, anymore. The hypocrisy of the games beauty
could'nt make the trick against the reality that i was only playing
to win, against anyone, always and again and that what vanityfar
only and nothing less stupid...
The idea of this tri-sided play board seems a cool way to let us
come back to chess in a less serious and more friendly way, is'nt ?
Kind Regards,
--
Pierre Sahores
mobile : 06 03 95 77 70
www.sahores-conseil.com
Le 27 juin 09 à 22:07, Richmond Mathewson a écrit :
That doesn't involve sex, drugs or computer games:
http://mathewson.110mb.com/res.html
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