Chess for 2, 3 or 4

[Senormac]

[Conan_Aficionado]

chinese chess, very interesting!

[Junkdrawer]

All I would need is 3 friends

[thehumantorch]

Looks like fun Mike. I like the Fallout game boxes in the background even better.

Best game evah.

[Senormac]

Looks like fun Mike. I like the Fallout game boxes in the background even better.

Best game evah.

 

Yea... Fallout was awesome !

 

This chess game was manufactured by a company in Los Angeles in 1976 and limited to 1000 copies. Titled Quadra-Chess, me and a buddy went halves on it and played quite a bit. We even took it to the SDCC in '77 and set it up out by the pool. Alot of people stopped by to take a look as we battled with 2 armies each.....

 

I think the license must have been sold cuz I'm sure I've seen smaller wooden sets in game stores around the holidays.

[dupont2005]

[Senormac]

I have no idea whatsoever how to play that version.

 

Spock and Kirk seem to have no trouble though

[CycleGirl]

So, Mike, on the 4-sided chess board, do you play teams or free-for-all?

[Senormac]

So, Mike, on the 4-sided chess board, do you play teams or free-for-all?

 

Any and all. You can play 1v1v1v1 or 2v2 or 1v1 with 2 armies each. The tricky part is, at least in a 1v1v1v1 game....you only get to move once every four turns. So if one guy puts you in check.... the other players can rip you up while you wait for your turn to escape or block.

 

Also, all pieces move the same except pawns who can move double whatever they could move on a regular board. So up to 4 spaces on a first move.....and 1 or 2 on every move after that

[CycleGirl]

So, Mike, on the 4-sided chess board, do you play teams or free-for-all?

 

Any and all. You can play 1v1v1v1 or 2v2 or 1v1 with 2 armies each. The tricky part is, at least in a 1v1v1v1 game....you only get to move once every four turns. So if one guy puts you in check.... the other players can rip you up while you wait for your turn to escape or block.

 

Also, all pieces move the same except pawns who can move double whatever they could move on a regular board. So up to 4 spaces on a first move.....and 1 or 2 on every move after that

 

Interesting. I can see that in either version of the game you would really need to watch out for where you keep your king and to a slightly lessor extent your queen. After all, if one player chases your king or queen, the other player could slide in and take your big pieces.

 

2v2 would work out better because at least your partner could be doing something while you're under attack.

[Ze-man]

 

I remember my Dad got this set as a gift back in the day, and spent way too long pretending he and our neighbor actually knew how to play it.

 

[Senormac]

 

I remember my Dad got this set as a gift back in the day, and spent way too long pretending he and our neighbor actually knew how to play it.

 

 

I can understand ( I think) of the top three tiers.... but I'm not sure what to do with that middle one ??

[bane]

How many chess players are here?

 

I haven't played in years.

 

I've always wanted to have a board setup and have a game going for weeks on end like in Bladerunner where he calls from elevator and proposes a move.

[Senormac]

BTW dupont... I just noticed, the color of your Trekky chessboard photo is the same colors as Devo's blue energy dome !!

 

You must be Devo !!

 

I saw it first

 

[Senormac]

Roy is the only other player I've heard about here, but I'm sure there are more than that

[CycleGirl]

How many chess players are here?

 

I haven't played in years.

 

I've always wanted to have a board setup and have a game going for weeks on end like in Bladerunner where he calls from elevator and proposes a move.

 

It's been a long while for me too.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

 

I remember my Dad got this set as a gift back in the day, and spent way too long pretending he and our neighbor actually knew how to play it.

 

 

I can understand ( I think) of the top three tiers.... but I'm not sure what to do with that middle one ??

 

Without the middle level, there's not much "battleground". Just a guess.

[Senormac]

 

I remember my Dad got this set as a gift back in the day, and spent way too long pretending he and our neighbor actually knew how to play it.

 

 

I can understand ( I think) of the top three tiers.... but I'm not sure what to do with that middle one ??

 

Without the middle level, there's not much "battleground". Just a guess.

 

hmmmm....?? an actual chess-board has 64 squares, but that one only has 60. 4 squares less

 

That will tweak your strategic math

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Look again. I think you missing 4 at bottom. The bottom board is the same as the top.

 

[Senormac]

Oh, I see ......thx moon. The way that other pic was blended in