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Jens Meder’s Tournament Rules For Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess–any Star Trek fan remembers the classic episodes with games played between Captain Kirk and Spock. While rules were never established on the television series, Jens Meder has created tournament rules of play for the Star Trek Tri-Dimensional game. It is stressed that there may not be a rule involving every possible situation and arbiters should be able to use common sense, logic, experience, and study of former moves in order to pass a ruling in a game. Tri-Dimensional chess is played on a 3-D chessboard with white players beginning the game. The objective is the same as in any game of chess, to attack the king and close the door on any chances for the opponent to save him. The tri-dimensional game set up actually consists of three main boards with 4 smaller attack boards that are movable. The bottom board is “White’s Board,” the middle board is “Neutral’s Board,” and the top board is “Black’s Board.” Each player has sixteen pieces, the same as in conventional chess. It varies in placement of some pieces on the main boards and some pieces on the attack boards. Moves made in traditional chess are allowed in the game.

Effective Team Interaction While Playing Business Chess

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Unlike the traditional game of Chess, Business Chess differs greatly in that it promotes direct communication with fellow players. Best played with two teams of five players each, Business Chess is an excellent exercise in the decision making process, as the team collectively decides on each move. Only one player may make the actual move on the board of his team, alleviating crowding and strengthening communication effectively. Setting game parameters can be a good starting point to establish the social structure within each team.

Each team is encouraged to determine how it will organize their discussions to make their strategic decisions. This can build team spirit while managing leadership, delegating labor and problem solving. Branching allows each team to freely discuss positions and help calculate variants in play. However, the team will need to determine whether branching is an effective use of time, perhaps based on individual dynamics and/or how well each player interacts within the group and in a competitive environment.

A team can easily improve its skills by implementing self-organization, while generating new ideas with constructive communication. Specialization of each player-s strengths will not only increase the team-s psychological compatibility, but will also increase their chances of winning by developing a communicative competence.

Dr. Ferdinand Maack’s Raumschach Classic 3D Game Invented 1907

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A 3-D chess board game was invented in 1907 by Dr. Ferdinand Maack known as Raumschach meaning Space Chess. With its cubed shape in five equal sections with a tower look, this unique game is played to present day. The two color squares make for a visual effect of grasping each move of the chess pieces.

The chess board with its three dimensional design is amazing to play. One color starts on the bottom two layers while the other color starts at the top. To learn how to play this 3-D takes a little time to practice understanding the fundamentals. If one can visualize a flat game of chess, the moving of the chess pieces will become easier as you play.

The television show Star Trek displayed a game of three dimensional chess with an original design Spock and Bones would play. Maack-s creation inspires different versions such as a tower look playing up and down or a slanted look. Which ever version you are playing it is a creative challenge to perfect your skills in 3-D.

While there are very few available for purchase, creating your own is not a difficult thing as there are directions online to view with instructions depending on the size you whish to create.

Very Popular Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Star Trek has been an American classic for decades upon decades. Chess has been a favorite for centuries upon centuries. So, why not mix the two and create the ultimate Star Trek board game experience? Well, various game designers did just that. Not only did these designers come up with a two-dimensional board to correspond with the classic chess board, but they came up with a three-dimensional, or tri-dimensional, gaming board. These incredible chess sets came with pieces that resembled popular Star Trek characters. Also, other traditional games like Tik-Tak-Toe and Checkers were made to accompany Star Trek backgrounds.Didn-t catch that? This explains it. One of the most popular three-dimensional chess sets was the one that was designed after Star Trek. This variant was introduced to the public in the middle 20th and early 21st centuries. It was created after the chess board was seen in many Star Trek episodes that were publicly aired. These chess games even played important roles in several of the Star Trek episodes. The chess board was so popular that software was created by Windows that offers applications allowing used to play Tri-D chess. Game boards are still being created and invented that fully embrace the Star Trek gaming experience.