Online Chess Kingdoms

"If I was new to chess, this would be the game I’d grab to be my starter, after I learned the basics of the game from an online search or something. But I’m no veteran either (translation: I pretty much suck) and though I had fun with the game, I got frustrated and bored quickly because I’m not a chess fanatic."

"Online Chess Kingdoms is predictably unsuccessful in its attempts to change or enhance the timeless classic, but thankfully it does let you play classic chess online or off."

"If one picks up a copy of Kingdoms expecting to find a revolutionized and less complicated version of the classic board game, then thou are in for a long night. The rules of the game are all the same just as they were when it was invented in the fifteenth century and the myriad of videogame incarnations it has taken since. Kingdoms does offer is a new visual style to this tried and true game of wits and strategy, but as mentioned above, it's not the first time this has been done."