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The draw-by-repetition rule does a good job of keeping players from sliding a tile back and forth repeatedly, but the tiles definitely introduce some weird en passant and castling edge cases.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3139/
If you like this idea, try Robo Rally as a fun party board game. Turns are simultaneous, actions happen automatically, boards have actions that are constantly changing.
I played this once, it's great, would recommend
At Dragon Con I saw a huge Robo Rally game being played on the auditorium floor with real little robots. I was disappointed though that the conveyor belts weren't real.
No way thats so cool