the game follows rules , conventions of standard chess, following differences:
reserve pieces may not transferred square next friendly king in check.
pieces on board cannot leave board become reserve pieces.
a player 2 or more kings (royal pieces) may ignore check, restrictions on bringing in reserve pieces , buying new pieces above still apply.
players have full knowledge of each player s reserves, treasury, , designs.
stalemate loss stalemated player.
pawns cannot move 2 squares on first move (thus, en passant impossible). pawn promotion , castling illegal.
designs , buying pieces
a player can have no more 6 piece designs @ 1 time, new designs can created removing old designs. pieces in current set of designs can bought, takes @ least 2 turns fairy chess piece on board. removing old design not affect pieces of design on board or in reserves of design.
the cost of piece may determined adding powers , modifiers on list below, , rounding nearest zorkmid:
pieces
wazir, ferz, dabbaba, alfil, threeleaper, tripper: 1.5z
knight: 3.0z
bishop, camel: 3.3z
rook: 5.0z
nightrider: 5.5z
modifiers
the number given here multiplied cost of piece modifier applied to.
forward-only: 0.5 orthogonal pieces, 0.7 others
sideways-only: 0.5
backward-only: 0.2 orthogonal piece, 0.4 others
move-only or capture-only: 0.6
wide-only or narrow-only: 0.5 (only applies knight , camel; wide refers more sideways moves, while narrow refers more vertical moves)
the following modifiers apply piece whole:
colourbound: 0.9
royal: 4.0
relay (unofficial: relays power pieces protects): 2.0
shooting (unofficial: captures without moving): 3.0
doublemove (unofficial: moves twice per turn): 6.0
^ cite error: named reference betza invoked never defined (see page).
^ monster chess @ chess variant pages
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