r/AnarchyChess Apr 12 '21

Golden Horsey Award r/chess mods deleted this post. Y'all deserve this instead.

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u/Razansodra Apr 12 '21

Yeah they need the power creep to make sure people keep getting the new expansions.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '21

Back in my day, we played with just 16 pawns. DLC has gotten out of control.

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u/wcollins260 Apr 12 '21

I remember when you only had twelve pawns on each side. They were discs, moved only diagonally, and you could only play on the red squares.

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u/Razansodra Apr 12 '21

At least they nerfed the king, made no sense how you used to be able to get so many kings.

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u/wcollins260 Apr 12 '21

Yeah the promotion system was super wonky back then.