"Amazon Chess" is an animated chess game played with teams of women with swords. The bodies of casualties remain on the board as the game progresses.
Download installer for Windows PC : setup_amzchess.exe (18 Mb).
Here is an updated version of the program (now version 1.2) which may fix a problem with the game getting stuck when you make an illegal move. Unpack the zip file and copy the file "amzchess.exe" to replace your installed copy at C:/Program Files/amzchess/amzchess.exe. When you run the program, check the "Help" tab from the mnu bar to check which version is running. Download version 1.2: amzchess1_2.zip.
Download screen shots : amzchess_snaps.zip
Amazon Chess needs a PC with a modern (although not necessarily powerful) 3D graphics card/chip.
Amazon Chess uses the "gnuchess" chess engine, which is included in the "winboard" package.
Download and install "winboard" from:
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/winboard/winboard-4_2_7b.exe
(The winboard homepage is: http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html)
The player can watch as various gangs (female or mixed) appear and shoot it out with each other. Or he can join in.
Download: gangwar.zip 0.04 Mb.