Civ5 and chess

[nishant1911]

so now no more than one unit can occupy a given tile at a time.
so i was wondering whether we can make a civ5 version of this



constant battle in a chess like map with a twist of hills and coast.
civ5 version will be hexagonal ofcourse.
probably could make up for a nice scenario.what do you think?

 

[allypower]

Civ 5 is played on a hex map. Every direction is a straight line, there is no concept of horizontal/vertical/diagonal. So bishops, rooks and queens move the same way. Knight movement is also messed up. What is the equivalent of an L shape 3-2 in a hex map? No idea.

 

[The_J]

...i have a better picture...

Spoiler :

...sad, i didn't have the chance yet (since 3/4 of a year, or so ) to deal with the AI.

But for Civ5, i don't see a chance for chess, just because of the hexes.
The engine will sure not allow a change to quadrats, and how can you play chess on anything else? You can't, easy answer.

 

[Kimuyama]

Chinese checkers might work...

 

[Olleus]

More importantly, why?

 

[Babri]

Chinese checkers might work...

Why not make chess in ciV with new rules. That would be interesting.

 

[Souron]

Spoiler :

...sad, i didn't have the chance yet (since 3/4 of a year, or so ) to deal with the AI.

That setup is wrong. The 2 Kings and 2 Queens should be on the same file.

 

[Polobo]

Queen on her own color...or is it King...yeah, Queen

 

[Calouste]

That setup is wrong. The 2 Kings and 2 Queens should be on the same file.

And the board is turned 90 degrees.

 

[Polobo]

And the board is turned 90 degrees.

White on Right...orientation is OK

 

[Calouste]

White on Right...orientation is OK

You're looking at the 7th row, not the 8th.

 

[The_J]

Never thought, that i could make so many mistakes in such a simple thing .

But back to topic:

More importantly, why?

Just for fun ?

 

[Polobo]

You're looking at the 7th row, not the 8th.

The black queen is on a white square to the right of the black king (the one with the big shield). The queen should be on the left, on the black square, the king should on the white square on the right side of the board.

I think you are looking at the white side (top) and not reversing your POV since the player on that side would be facing you and thus have their right-left reversed.

 

[Calouste]

The black queen is on a white square to the right of the black king (the one with the big shield). The queen should be on the left, on the black square, the king should on the white square on the right side of the board.

I think you are looking at the white side (top) and not reversing your POV since the player on that side would be facing you and thus have their right-left reversed.

The Queen should be on the right of the King, not to the left. Look, I played chess at national level for a number of years, I know what a chess board looks like.

 

[Ramanag]

Why not make chess in ciV with new rules. That would be interesting.

The hard part's been done already.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_chess

 

[ShaqFu]

I think the biggest issue with that chessboard isn't the color placement, but the fact that there are lakes and hills in the middle of it.

 

[Savoir10]

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/17800/17890/chessboard_17890.htm

The Black square must be on the left hand side facing the player.
The black Queen on the black square and the white queen on the white square.

However, once you've played Civ, chess sux.

 

[Centurio]

This would be a great mod, and an even better temporary diversion from the main game.

 

[playshogi]

However, once you've played Civ, chess sux.

Once you've played shogi, chess doesn't satisfy.

 

[Jarlaxe Baenre]

Chinese checkers might work...

Only if every unit had a 99999% bonus when attacking.