Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid

Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by Y_Y on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:49PM (#34372957)

I'm trying to go the other way and discretize golf

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by itcrowd on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:51PM (#34372976)

... so that's what they meant by disc golf in college!

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by OisinMoran on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:21PM (#34374717)

Please say more! Very interested in this category in general. Would love a version of basketball where the points are a continuous function of distance from the basket rather than discrete 2 & 3 pointers.

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by pinguin7 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @10:02AM (#34389897)

I think "discretize" is the opposite of using continuous functions, if I understand correctly.

They probably meant to play golf in some kind of grid system and using only a few different strengths and angles.

But interestingly, most complex games have some kind of mixture of both: basket ball having discrete points, but fouls are remedied with a free shot on a continuous plane.

Ice hockey, on the other hand, has only a discrete set of places where the game can continue after a foul.

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