I've been trying to use the IntermediateSerializer to create Pipeline compatible XnaAsset XML files for various game entities. It seems to do a great job of iterating through child objects and producing output. One thing it struggles with is GUIDs. ...

Has anyone created a simple chess game for XNA (preferably 360 compatible). No AI or even rules enforcement ... just a virtual chess board to play with roommates on the 360. Isometric would be nicer looking but beggars can't be choosers. I've searched up and down and haven't found this most basic of games.

Pretty good rundown of the guts of the Map portion of the RPG sample. I am going to attempt to gut pieces of it as well however I am working on a turn based game which doesn't have the 'One Position of Importance' part of the RPG engine. - The game state engine needs to support 2 players, each taking 'turns' - Fixed board ...

I second this. Really the starter kit that should be available is simply chess or checkers. It would showcase a few simple important concepts in turn based strategy: - Grid based positioning of game objects (squares, hexes really aren't that different) - Isometric tile rendering (rather then a flat 2d board) - Game state management from a ...

Wow. Loved the D6 Star Wars stuff. I am actually working on a turn based miniatures strategy game with a core of d6's flying around :) My love of the 6 sider versus the 20 sider is deeply rooted in D6 SW.

I second this. Games like Master of Monsters, Battle Chess etc. 2D isometric - turn based - and tile based. Some code sample code for creating a X,Y map and having sprites move for square to square. No collision detection, physics, etc. needed. Then how to tie these sprites floating around on the map to the various game entities: Unit, MapSquare, ...