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Pillars of Medusa. A variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa. (11x11, Cells: 121) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Stephen, thank you for the comment. You are correct about no pawn en passant in P.O.M. This game is my first chess variant and was created for a fantasy novel; and Pawns were called Swords. The rules indicate the following: 'Swords move and capture like pawns; with the following exceptions: (a) there is no 'pawn en passant,' (b) Swords can only promote to a Medusa, (c) Swords which have not yet reached their army’s forth row can move 2 spaces.' Note that there is also a smaller version of this game (Mini-Pillars of Medusa) and a Shogi variant (Medusa Shogi). P.O.M. and Medusa Shogi both have ZRF files. It is important to note that a Medusa can 'freeze' a piece that is checking a King, thus turning 'off' the check.