swap_horiz Smess Alternatives

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Arimaa

Arimaa is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented in 2002 by Omar Syed. It is played on an 8x8 board using si...

Strategy Commercial Animals 8x8

8.9 Great

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Omega Chess (David Taber)

Created by David Taber, Omega Chess is a variant played on a 10x10 board that introduces unique fairy pieces like the Ch...

Modern Champion Commercial Wizard

8.3 Great

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Ultima

Ultima is an abstract strategy game invented by Robert Abbott and first published in 1962. Played on an 8 by 8 board, it...

Baroque Western 8x8 Fairy Pieces

8.2 Great

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Gothic Chess

Gothic Chess is a chess variant played on a 10-by-8 board containing 80 squares, patented by Ed Trice in 2002. It builds...

Modern Commercial Extended 10x8 Board

7.9 Good

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Italian Progressive Chess

Italian Progressive Chess is a chess variant where players sequentially increase the number of moves they can make per t...

Speed Incremental Variant Western

7.8 Good

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Omega Chess

Omega Chess is a commercial chess variant created by Daniel MacDonald in 1992. It uses a 10 by 10 board with four additi...

Champion Commercial Extended Wizard

7.5 Good

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Cylindrical Chess

Cylindrical Chess is a historical variant of standard Western chess that operates on the concept of a cylindrical board....

Variant Western Cylindrical Wrap Around

7.5 Good

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Musketeer Chess Variant

Musketeer Chess is an 8 by 8 chess variant created by Zied Haddad. Before a game begins, players select two additional f...

Modern Commercial 8x8 Gating

7.5 Good

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Musketeer Chess

Musketeer Chess is a modern chess variant invented by Tunisian designer Zied Haddad. It is played on a standard 8×8 ches...

Modular Modern Commercial Extended

7.4 Good

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Knightmare Chess (tabletop)

Knightmare Chess is a chess variant published by Steve Jackson Games that adds a hand of cards to the standard board, pi...

Commercial Card Game Board Game Fairy

7.4 Good

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Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess

Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess is a fictional multi-board chess-like game associated with the original Star Trek televi...

Commercial Three Dimensional Scifi 3D Chess

7.2 Good

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Centennial Chess

Centennial Chess is a large variant played on a 10x10 board, featuring an expanded array of pieces and specialized leape...

Modern Commercial Centennial Extended

7.1 Good

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Knightmare Chess

Knightmare Chess is a commercial board game that introduces variable elements to traditional chess through the use of pl...

Modern Commercial Card Game Cards

7.1 Good

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Kinglet

Kinglet is a fairy chess variant invented by the British game designer Vernon Ryland Parton in the mid-20th century. Pla...

Variant Western 8x8 King Elimination

7.1 Good

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Brusky's Hexagonal Chess

Brusky's hexagonal chess is a chess variant created by Yakov Brusky and played on an irregular hexagonal board composed...

Variant Hexagonal Western Expanded

7.1 Good

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Circular Chess

Circular Chess is played on a round board divided into concentric rings and radial files, reviving a historical medieval...

Modern Commercial Ring Topology

6.5 Fair

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Plunder Chess

A chess variant where a capturing piece temporarily acquires the movement type of the captured piece, adding combinatori...

Modern Commercial Fairy Capture Variant

6.4 Fair

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Millennium 3D Chess

Millennium 3D Chess, created by William D'Agostino in 2001, expands traditional chess into a three-dimensional format by...

Modern Commercial Three Dimensional 3D Chess

6.3 Fair

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Chess 2: The Sequel

Chess 2: The Sequel is a 2014 video game and chess variant designed by David Sirlin. It places chess pieces within six d...

Modern Commercial Alternative Goal Multiple Armies

5.8 Mediocre

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Falcon Chess

Falcon Chess is a modern variant that introduces the falcon, a specialized fairy chess piece with unique extended moveme...

Modern Commercial 8x8 Falcon Piece

5.8 Mediocre