So Video Vengeance and I played a quick Regicide game last night. Actually it wasn't quick, but I'll get to that.
The game itself is great fun, and the Regicide maps add an extra bit of strategy as certain areas are blocked off preventing you from moving there. At the end of the day it is Battlechess, but with unit abilities and the fact that you can shoot at anything in your line of sight makes things a little more complex. All in all a fun experience with a lot to learn and add onto the top of the traditional chess rules.
Now the bad. It seems as if the new patch has broken th enet code. I found a thread on the forums about this. Both VV and I are on fiber lines, him 50mbps and me 40mbps. My ping ranges from 3ms to 5ms. The match took 69 minutes to complete, but actual play time was only about 30mins. Between turns there was between a 30second to 2 minute delay for hand off. My wife also mentioned that simple web surfing slowed down as VV and I played and chatted via Skype. As a comparison, I have been downloading [censored], games to the consoles and playing online and my wife had no issues streaming YouTube.
Added to the thread so hopefully they fix this soon, but luckily this is a game of patience and strategy so it doesn't affect gameplay that much.
All in all a highly recommended game especially at the price it is on Steam at the moment.