Out Of Time

Fifth and final major revision: #1956

Revision(s):

(2, NCV) https://variants.world/posts/1534

(3, WoF) https://variants.world/posts/1577

(4, WoF) https://variants.world/posts/1769

Accepted!

(5, NCV) https://variants.world/posts/1956

UR

thanks to 2bHNST for finding a bugfix below.

"To fix the "Some players(including me) cannot play their first move sometimes." bug, just make Blue move first instead."

CGA, though this adds an extra move, it doesn't effect gameplay. Please use this bugfix if this gets accepted.

this is mainly inspired by Thermopylae

not a revision of Chromic/Spectre

aslo looks like my logo(a clock/stopwatch)

Welcome to my most brutally tested and probably best and unique variant yet, which took more than a week to balance and make. The goal of this variant is to have the most points in 50 moves, with fatal capture and crazywan enabled.

The only ways to win are obviously to score the most points in 50 moves and to stalemate the other player, which gives you an additional 20 points. (Stalemates are seen in 2 of the 9 games shown) Also, draws are extremely unlikely due to how this plays out.

Crazywan gets useless as games progress, which is the only issue found in the final position. I do want to keep it as it can change how games go.

This wouldn't be my variant without being buggy! Here are the bugs found:

(Major) Some players(including me) cannot play their first move sometimes.

Seirawan UI can be broken in some devices.

Of course, a new and unique concept must be tested thoroughly as someone said, so I had played an enormous amount of testing games and consulted @jackityjackjack. The testing games are below.

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74629356/17/1

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74629499/8/1

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74629537/11/3

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74629631/82/1

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74629930/45/1

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74630153/58/3

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74630319/31/3

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74630388/6/3

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74630462/14/1

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74659852/102/2

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74703545/11/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74703707/11/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74703875/114/2

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74887158/93/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74887603/35/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74887789/98/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74888376/83/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74888905/87/2

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74889681/20/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74890634/81/2

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74890872/20/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74891020/57/2

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74891219/117/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74891616/44/4

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/74891803/90/2

Credits:

Inspiration from Thermopylae.

Players(especially XXlion77777 and EliasSupernaw) + jackityjackjack for testing the variant.