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It seems to me like taking chess, same pieces, same game board, same movement, same rules except you can't en passant in the A or H file. Then patenting it. It
by wang_li 2y ago
It seems to me like taking chess, same pieces, same game board, same movement, same rules except you can't en passant in the A or H file. Then patenting it. It doesn't seem novel enough qualify for a patent when there is something so similar 20 years prior.
- shagie 2y agoYep. Go for it. Strategic board game https://patents.google.com/patent/US6981700B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US6981700B2/en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arimaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arimaa While that plays with animal pieces, there's a 1:1 mapping from traditional chess pieces to Arimaa pieces and it's played on the same board.