Dragon #100
The City Beyond the Gate At Moonset Blackcat Comes Dragonchess All about the druid/ranger Pages from the Mages V
Battlesystem: Designer's notes - - - Dragon

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Originally Posted by Nagora
That reminds me of Dragonchess. I actually programmed my computer to play Dragonchess at the time when the rules were printed in Dragon #100 but the technology of the time meant that even a 3-ply search took something like 45 minutes, and with no openings book, that was for every move right from the start. That was too long to wait for a fairly poor level of challenge so I gave up on it and made a set with the boards layed out on the table in 2D. A bit of practise allowed us to map the boards up and down by eye okay and I had a few games with my friend Paul. I might have another go at writing a program; my computer might actually be up to it now.


The Dragonchess game gets a fair but of coverage on the Chess Variants boards.