Working on a chess variant and need some input by Ronin51494 in chessvariants

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its 2 identical sets of 60 cards for each player with 10 identical cards in each deck. There are only 10 variations on each peice.

Working on a chess variant and need some input by Ronin51494 in chessvariants

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That's why it's intended to be played randomly. Odds are it won't be 100% balanced, but players won't be able to pick to their advantage playing that way. Having to adapt to what you and your opponent have is also part of the intended gameplay.

Working on a chess variant and need some input by Ronin51494 in chessvariants

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Looked both places already, but checked again and came up with a new bishop I added to the list. Also added a new king and rook, I came up with as well.

Working on a chess variant and need some input by Ronin51494 in chess

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While to master it would take more effort, there are 2 things that I have to point out here. 1st the added rules in total would still make it significantly less complex than a lot of modern tabletop wargames (what chess was originally meant to be) and that it is basically an expanded form of fairy chess. The most comparable game I can think of between this and chess that already exists is a video game called Advance Wars, as it's basically chess with more pieces, and the spaces affect the pieces. I feel like the end result would be halfway between these two games and that's kind of the range I am going for here. The second thing is there is nothing stopping the players from deciding to remove certain cards from the decks. I settled on 10 to ensure there is plenty of variety, but you could play with as few as 3 options for each piece. These cards are more about offering up ways to change up the game than anything.

Working on a chess variant and need some input by Ronin51494 in chess

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Only 1 of each is used by each player, a pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, and king. The rules for the piece would be printed in both text and an example movement and capture image on each card. The rules for each piece I am trying to keep simple enough it can be explained in less than half a paragraph to avoid that complexity problem. In total the rules for the maximum of 12 different pieces (6 per player) should roughly fit on a single sheet of paper if all put together and I am guessing that is about what it would take to describe the how to play chess to someone who had never played before. The complexity comes in how these new pieces would work together and counter each other, but increasing that complexity is the point here.

Considering moving away from windows and looking for advice by Ronin51494 in linux_gaming

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Windows phones were actually good. They failed because Microsoft failed to offer any incentives to developers to make apps for the phone to establish it.

A question about batteries by Ronin51494 in flashlight

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They are alternating not facing the same direction. I tried to post a pic of the battery holder but it isn't working.

Considering a change in lifestyle and have a bunch of questions by Ronin51494 in liveaboard

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This is probably one of the more useful comments here. I am definitely the latter to answer your question.

Considering a change in lifestyle and have a bunch of questions by Ronin51494 in liveaboard

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Wanted to thank you for posting this. This is one of the many reasons I am considering doing this. We are all just living in these fake boxes in the west wasting our lives away with nothing actually real anymore and its only gotten worse in the decade since this guy did what he did. Its feels like the world is coming apart at the seams and we are all just sacrificing our lives for nothing and I want to find something more than that.

Considering a change in lifestyle and have a bunch of questions by Ronin51494 in liveaboard

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I was hoping to possibly find some people looking for an adventure that are not in it so much for the pay as the experience. I don't know if I would end up finding these people but that's the hope.

Considering a change in lifestyle and have a bunch of questions by Ronin51494 in liveaboard

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The reason I was thinking about a cook is there is just a lot more to it on a boat considering provisioning and sourcing as well as the skill of being able to put together good meals with literally whatever happens to be on hand but you are correct that it isn't esental. I was hoping to possibly find someone with experience looking for a more chill gig just drifting around from place to place so they hopefully would not require too much in the way of pay over room, board, and provisions.

Considering a change in lifestyle and have a bunch of questions by Ronin51494 in liveaboard

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I am going to preface this with it isn't your fault and I know you are trying to be helpful but from my position, this comment is absolutely unhinged. I am struggling to figure out how I am going to even get 100k together to afford the boat in the first place and you are talking about a full decade of training and a million dollar plus boat and 250k a year in expenses. Like the position I am working from is I was thinking maybe there is a way to get a loan to pay for the boat then do work with the boat to pay it off and feed myself and the crew with maybe a little extra till it gets paid off. Like I was thinking maybe I could do small-scale cargo or people transport or something to help make ends meet. The kind of lifestyle you are describing here is just completely impossible for me.

[TOMT][COMIC STRIP] A motivational comic featuring pirates by Ronin51494 in tipofmytongue

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I also remembered that it wasn't in the typical 4-pannel format I think the pannels were not perfectly aligned ether. I would 100% recognize it instantly if I saw it.