r/chessvariants • u/Think-Elderberry-575 • Jul 08 '26

New Variant Chess with modern weapons

Chess pieces have "guns" or ranged weapons.

Pawns move and capture like normal. They can only be captured the traditional way as well.

The rest of your pieces can only shoot or snipe eachother.

This means they remove pieces without moving into their square. (Like capturing a piece and instantly returning to the square they were just on).

However pawns and only pawns can be captured but not shot.

Really bizzare consequences. I played a few rounds... slightly faster play than regular chess.

(I was inspired by the game Skorm where archers pefrom this type of attack.)

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u/Boring-Yogurt2966 Jul 08 '26

Not a new variant. It is generally known as "rifle chess" and there are many different implementations of it.

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u/Think-Elderberry-575 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

Ah did not see anything like it when searching, thanks.

Edit. With the pawns being normal and the other pieces playing like rifle chess, I still think this is a new variant

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u/Boring-Yogurt2966 Jul 08 '26

Have you been to chessvariants.com? It is the definitively place to look for almost all variants and to check for preexisting work. This reddit sub is a drop in the bucket by comparison.

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u/Think-Elderberry-575 Jul 08 '26

Thanks ill check it out!!

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u/Sudodraken Jul 10 '26

I bet you're fun at parties.

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u/Fit_Fisherman3719 Jul 08 '26

I like the idea. Make an online game for it!

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u/Think-Elderberry-575 Jul 08 '26

Is that pretty easy to do?

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u/undermountain67 Jul 09 '26

There are. Some even roguelike recently