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minus-squareTanis Nikana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess There’s also shogi, if you wanna drop captures back in on one board, but a lot of piece mobility is reduced to accommodate this.
minus-squareAliasVortex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoIt was absolutely Bughouse (with some house rules tacked on)! It’s been years since I’ve played, but I’d never thought to see if the variation had a formal name. Thank you!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess
There’s also shogi, if you wanna drop captures back in on one board, but a lot of piece mobility is reduced to accommodate this.
It was absolutely Bughouse (with some house rules tacked on)! It’s been years since I’ve played, but I’d never thought to see if the variation had a formal name. Thank you!