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Written by sc_griffith@awful.systems on 2025-01-27 at 20:32

elon musk's obsession with the tic tac toe of video games

https://awful.systems/post/3388357

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Written by megaman@discuss.tchncs.de on 2025-01-28 at 14:13

We’ve got Chess 2, the Sequel and 4D chess that have solved any problems chess may have

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Written by Soyweiser@awful.systems on 2025-01-29 at 15:13

Iirc there have been various sequels to chess, it being tried so often and never succeeding like chess is actually a interesting point of discussion in game development.

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Written by Guillotines for a Better World on 2025-01-29 at 15:15

@Soyweiser @megaman remember when the Netflix show about chess got its own tie-in game? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/346101/the-queens-gambit-the-board-game

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Written by Soyweiser@awful.systems on 2025-01-29 at 16:22

I didn’t remember as I didn’t know.

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Written by megaman@discuss.tchncs.de on 2025-01-29 at 16:54

My 3 seconds of looking at that make it more interesting than i thought it would be. I really hoped it was just a “branded” chess board, which would be very funny.

But it looks like everyone sets up 3 pre-moves and then goes from there (if i read it for a whole minute i would know).

Feels like someone thought up a chess puzzle game and then when the biggest show on TV was about chess they finally got a chance to put it out there

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Written by blakestacey@awful.systems on 2025-01-29 at 16:00

Perhaps the most successful “sequel to chess” is actually the genre of chess problems, i.e., the puzzles about how Black can achieve mate in 3 (or whatever) from a contrived starting position that couldn’t be seen in ordinary (“real”) gameplay.

There are also various ways of randomizing the starting positions in order to make the memorized knowledge of opening strategies irrelevant.

Oh, and Bughouse.

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Written by Soyweiser@awful.systems on 2025-01-29 at 16:24

I always liked what we called kickchess. The purpose of the game is to get rid of all your pieces asap, and if you can take a piece you have to. Just turns the whole game upside down. Get rid of that queen!

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Written by Guillotines for a Better World on 2025-01-29 at 16:26

@Soyweiser @blakestacey the only "Sequel To Chess" that matters is chessboxin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJk0p-98Xzc

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Written by Soyweiser@awful.systems on 2025-01-29 at 17:22

Musk isnt allowed to box vy his mom.

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