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Having played a number of those, IMO they are nothing like Kriegspiel, which is in another category. I grew up playing chess and at our club and we also played
by binarymax 7y ago
Having played a number of those, IMO they are nothing like Kriegspiel, which is in another category. I grew up playing chess and at our club and we also played many variants. Kriegspiel was a whole other monster that we would play in teams, one group sitting in on room, and the other next door so you had to whisper and show experiment moves quietly in the group. The arbiter would register on a central board and announce. The experience is difficult to recreate on the web, and I know Lichess hasn’t added Kriegspiel to their variants list even after several requests to do so.
- alecmg 7y agoWhy is Kriegspiel difficult to do on web? As I was reading the description, I immediately felt that a online version of it would be much simpler and quicker to play than real world version. No need for umpire and multiple boards (handled by game server), all the announcements could be automatic and visual, immediate feedback on blocked moves etc.
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- Swenrekcah 7y agoFrom their description it seems like the social aspect of it was a huge part of the experience
- binarymax 7y agoYes, it is! You cannot allow games-in-progress to be viewed (to prevent cheating). So how can you allow a team to be all viewing the same side of the board and prevent spies? I haven't figured out that solution yet.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoWhich is of course how real Kriegspiel (the milatery wargame) is played.
- binarymax 7y agoYes, thanks for making that note. I've heard it's how/why KriegSpiel was invented in the first place - as chess was a poor substitute for practicing war strategy.