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In university, friends in the lab came up with, and regularly played, a 4-player version we called "Drop Chess". In this variant, there are two games going on
by mabbo 6y ago
In university, friends in the lab came up with, and regularly played, a 4-player version we called "Drop Chess".
In this variant, there are two games going on at once asynchronously. Your partner is sitting beside you, but playing the opposite colour. Whatever pieces he captures, you can drop on the board- but not until the next turn after he captured it, and with some extra rules about where it can go. When one game ends, both games are over.
It was as much fun to watch as play.
- nojs 6y agoThis was a regular thing at tournaments I used to play as a kid. We called it “transfer”.
- mabbo 6y agoYou know, come to think of it, probably someone in the lab learned it elsewhere and brought it. None of us were bright enough to come up with that gem.
- LudwigNagasena 6y agoThat’s called bughouse chess and it is quite popular.