Talk:The Great Big Chessboard

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I get the feeling I've seen these chess piece cookies somewhere before... --Quietust (t|c) 16:04, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

I started as a pawn, and so I suspect there are any number of starting setups. Capturing all pieces on the board also seems to yield some cumulative bonus, as described on the cookie-effect pages. --Itsatrap 19:35, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Oh, and as for the chess mechanics, every time you capture a piece you take on its movement rules. --Itsatrap 19:44, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

The page should include what the rules are for deciding which cookie you get. It appears you get the cookie that corresponds to the piece you use to reach the back row, with the exception that a pawn gets you a king cookie.--RogerMexico 02:44, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Actually, that doesn't appear to make a difference. --Itsatrap 08:13, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

I've solved the puzzle 39 times now (all pieces taken). The only times I have had repeats were when I "walked away" from a game. The maps very often come back if you "walk away". I haven't tried this for lesser results (half clearing the board). I have not experienced any repeats of boards I completely cleared at all. Also the last 10 boards I cleared (I only noticed these completed board links in the wiki recently) have not been the same as any of the ones in the wiki. One thing more thing I noticed is that the boards on average seem to be getting harder. It could be just co-incidence though. Oh and the stat modifiers from the cookies are at +178% now. Also the "in royal we" effect gives +44 Stats Per Fight. I wonder how high the modifiers can go.--Moxom s 13:03, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I solved the puzzle twice so that I captured all pieces, and got a queen cookie both times. --Stzein 11:47, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

  • I've solved it three times so that I captured all but one piece, and got a king cookie all three times. --RavenBlack 16:33, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
    • 5 puzzles solved with full captures, 5 queen cookies. --Itsatrap 19:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Anybody know what causes the bishop, knight, and rook cookies to drop? --Itsatrap 08:13, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

7 left with a pawn advancing got me a bishop... 8 left with a pawn advancing got me a knight... 9 left with a queen advancing got me a rook... i'll trying different remainders... though i'm thinking more and more that if one doesn't qualify for a king or queen then the award is random... --Cameron 08:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

10 left with a rook advancing got me a knight cookie. --Rhoanna 02:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

With 4 left I've gotten king, bishop, rook and knight cookies. I've also had 2 left twice, and got king cookies both times, and 3 left and got a king cookie. I've also gotten a king cookie from 6 left.

It is at least in part random. I've gotten different cookies from the same sequence of moves on the same board. (All times with 4 pieces remaining, but that's simply what I've been testing with.) I haven't gotten both a king cookie and something else from the same sequence of moves yet, but that might just be chance. -Rhoanna 15:24, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

  • So based on the cookie effects, I'm guessing that anything other than a full clear gets you a random non-queen cookie. --Itsatrap 00:07, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
That would make sense. Has anyone actually gotten a non-king cookie with only 1 or 2 pieces left? --Rhoanna 15:00, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Is it possible that clearing the board gets you a queen, not clearing you the board but capturing the king nets you a king cookie, and anything else (but reaching the 8th rank) is random? I've tried ~10 in a row with that method. 5 times I captured the king and was rewarded a king cookie. The times I didn't capture the king, I was given one of the lower rank cookies. --R00k 05:23, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

definitely if you capture the king and don't clear the board you are given a king cookie. I've done it close to 100 times now without fail on the king cookie dropping. added comment to main page. --Uzziah 12:44, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

A quick post, I solved a puzzle by only using knights and got a knight cookie. Possible that the reason why it's random is that the resulting cookie is whatever you've captured - ie if you've finished a board by capturing a rook and a bishop, only one of those two will drop, at equal intervals. Argus 09:15, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

List of Solved Boards

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am3EZO93WCW-dFJsd3laRE9lNzV1bjBGVHFyNl9lVHc&hl=en #1

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am3EZO93WCW-dDFqdXVGVXNDS1YwSGxsYXlSMm9aS0E&hl=en #2

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aty94TQ48NzvdG00bU51bkItWnVib0JWYzlOaFAwblE&hl=en #3

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am3EZO93WCW-dFFHRXBEVmpmcVJFb2VHc2NYTUo4T2c&hl=en #4

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am3EZO93WCW-dGQwQnJyWHhOVWdkbXRvMVlYSTBndkE&hl=en #5

#6

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am3EZO93WCW-dFE3MmlXWTBOX29Md1dGSjhlc3VOOUE&hl=en #7

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Avtbsd-I3Be6dE1PY0lhd0JiN1l1WjZWVW8td2FVcEE&hl=en #8

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Avtbsd-I3Be6dEV6OXJGbUJHaFE3UTlMdjFzc3BsRlE&hl=en #9

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AiyZ0X8MMEZ_dC0zOHpjMVZ1eVJWcWI0cGJ0OFliSFE&hl=en #10

I didn't solve or make these. Credit to original forum posts. Reprinting for ease of use.--Ranrar 02:54, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Here's another one. --Buttons 03:39, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Didn't see this one. #12 --Pikawss 05:33, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

full clear of 3 different boards (more coming up): http://dystopia.be/?q=node/4 --Stzein 12:04, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

  • 6 full solutions now on the above link --Stzein 10:20, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Messy, but it works: #15 --Terry 21:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Another solution, not elegant but it clears the board: #16 I suppose Orbrisa 11:22, 13 March 2010 (UTC)


Another solution. (Worked out by my boyfriend, who plays chess but not KoL, heh.) --Orbrisa 15:55, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Eguee solved this one; I just made the image. (That's a forum handle. Original post is here. There seem to be some notation errors toward the end, but maybe I'm just confused.) --Orbrisa 00:04, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Another unique solution.--AltyMcAltAlt 08:45, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

This might be useful: chess puzzle solver --Mondavidave 10:48, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

So, are there a finite number of boards, or are they randomly generated? --TechSmurf 03:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Difficulty

I swear that every few times you finish a board, another piece gets on the board. I've seen 11 at the start of today, then 16 at the end of today. anyone else help confirm? --The ErosionSeeker 21:14, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

I noticed today the chess solver at http://mondavidave.deadbored.net/index.php is no longer working. Are there any comparable things out there? --Alfredo Boyardee 13:24, 25 July 2011 (CEST)

... really? still works for me...--The ErosionSeeker 00:58, 8 October 2011 (CEST)

broken for me too, says "Alice's Army League" on a white background and that's it. --Watermoon 04:19, 15 October 2011 (CEST)

Always Solution?

One of the notes on the page reads "When the board is generated, there is always a sequence which will lead to a queen cookie. Once you capture a piece, that guarantee no longer exists." However, sometimes the greasemonkey script and the website solver don't have a solution. The greasemonkey one sometimes points to a piece and when you click it, the counter increases, indicating queen is no longer possible. So are the scripts just imperfect and don't always find the solution or is the note wrong and sometimes there isn't a solution? DarkAxz 20:54, 14 December 2011 (CET)

  • I would suspect that the scripts are imperfect. --Club (#66669) (Talk) 21:16, 14 December 2011 (CET)
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