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Variant, original

Players are given 16 6-sided dice before the game begins.

All dice must be rolled before moves are made, but they may be rolled in any fair way.

After all dice have been rolled, players take turns placing them on empty squares until all 32 dice have been placed, with the person playing with the black pieces placing the first dice.

You may place a dice on any empty square, not just on your side of the board.

Pieces have a strength value based on what kind of piece they are. Pawns have a strength of 1, Bishops have 2, Knights have 3, Rooks have 4, Queens have 5 and Kings have 6.

After all dice are placed, the game begins. Players may not move pieces to a square occupied by a dice with a higher value than that piece's strength value, but they may move through them.

Once you move a piece to a square occupied by a dice, remove that dice. If the game ends in a draw, each player counts up the results of dice they have taken, and the player with more points wins. If it is tied, the game still ends in a draw.

This variant requires 32 6-sided dice in addition to regular items.

Term, original

A Draw by Discovered Check is when you're playing chess (or a variant), and you realize a player has been in check for several moves, previously unbeknownst to all players.

This term is not to be confused with Discovered Check, an official chess term for when moving one piece causes another of your pieces to place the opponent's King in check.

Usually a game will end this way when it is not recorded, and when players don't remember exactly what moves lead up to the current position.

Computer chess games do not have this issue.

Variant, original

At the beginning of each player's turn, that player rolls a d20.

If a player rolls a 1, their turn is skipped.

If a player rolls a 10, they do not roll on their next turn.

If a player rolls a 20, they take an extra turn. This includes both rolling and moving.

You may not give check if it's not your last turn in a row, and you may move despite rolling a 1 if you are in check. You may not move into check even if it's not your last turn.

Piece, inspired

This piece replaces the pawn, and can move one square orthogonally in any direction. It captures one square diagonally in any direction. Does not have the Double Pawn Step move.

Promotes on the far end of the board from where it starts to any piece a regular pawn can promote to.

Notated without a capital letter.