Origonally I joined this site to play Gothic Chess; But that nut Ed Trice destroyed that through his unreasonable patent insisting. Sure patents are necessary in some things; but unless you have sites like this to promote a new game; it will never catch on. He already had exclusive rights to selling Gothic Chess Sets and Boards; but seemed to forget he needed sites where people could learn to play and accept this game in order to sell his boards and sets. Gothic Chess was the best and most logical, by far, setup I know of for 10x8 chess varients. Too bad Ed was so unrealistic about it. I knew him by doing business with him and through phone conversations; I only wish he had been more reasonable and not destroyed a great game.