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Setups for chess variants playable with a piecepack

Source: R/piecepack_games_chess.r
piecepack_games_chess.Rd

tibble data frames of setups for 10 chess variants playable with a piecepack. Data frame output can usually be plotted with pmap_piece(df, default.units = "in").

Usage

piecepack_alice_chess(has_subpack = FALSE, max_tiles = 24L)

piecepack_baroque_chess(has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_chaturaji(has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_chess(has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_chess960(..., seed = NULL, has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_fischer_random_chess(..., seed = NULL, has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_chinese_chess(has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_four_seasons_chess(has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_international_chess(has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_japanese_chess(has_subpack = FALSE, cfg2 = "piecepack")

piecepack_minishogi()

piecepack_racing_kings()

piecepack_shogi(has_subpack = FALSE, cfg2 = "piecepack")

piecepack_ultima(has_subpack = FALSE)

piecepack_xiangqi(has_subpack = FALSE)

Arguments

has_subpack

Has a piecepack subpack

max_tiles

Maximum number of (piecepack) tiles available to build boards

...

Should be left empty.

seed

Seed that determines setup, either an integer or NULL

cfg2

A string of a piecepack expansion (or perhaps "piecepack" for a second piecepack)

Value

A tibble::tibble() data frame with the following columns:

  • "piece_side"

  • "suit"

  • "rank"

  • "cfg" (optional, defaults to "piecepack")

  • "x"

  • "y"

  • "angle" (optional, defaults to 0).

This data frame is compatible with piecepackr::render_piece() and likely ppcli::cat_piece().

Details

Here are links for more information about the various chess variants:

GameURL
Alice Chesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_chess
Chaturajihttps://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/Chaturaji
Fischer Random Chess AKA Chess960https://www.chessvariants.com/diffsetup.dir/fischer.html
Four Seasons Chesshttps://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/4seiz.html
(International) Chesshttps://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/Chess
Minishogihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minishogi
Racing Kingshttps://www.chessvariants.com/diffobjective.dir/racing.html
Shogi AKA Japanese Chesshttps://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/Shogi
Ultima AKA Baroque Chesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_chess
Xiangqi AKA Chinese Chesshttps://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/Xiangqi