PWNED
Chess Variant for Beginners
PWNED, is a chess variant that aims at making chess fun and easy to learn for beginners. Its for those who find the game complex, time consuming and therefore, never attempt playing it.
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Chessboard for four.
Four colors to identify the pieces.
Choice cards are added to the game that decide the moves. Any strategy the player follows for the game falls flat as his next turn solely depends on the card.
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Any four people can participate in this game. Moves of each of the pieces is kept the same. Introducing choice cards allows the new players to memorize the moves quicker than Classic Chess.
PAWNS: Pawns can only move forward. On their first move, they can move one or two squares. Afterwards, they can move only one square at a time. They can capture an enemy piece by moving one square forward diagonally.
BISHOPS: Bishops can move any number of squares diagonally.
KNIGHTS: Knights can move only in an L-shape, one square up and two over, or two squares over and one down, or any such combination of one-two or two-one movements in any direction.
ROOKS: Rooks can move any number of squares, up and down and side to side.
QUEENS: Queens can move any number of squares along ranks, files and diagonals.
KINGS: Kings can move one square at a time in any direction.
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The novice, the ace, the veteran and the slacker.
