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Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Craig Daniel wrote on Sun, Nov 3, 2002 07:39 PM UTC:

Both players place their kings before anyone makes their first move.

Kings may be positioned already under attack, I suppose. It didn't come up
in playtesting since it's not really a good idea.

When a berserker is promoted, it may be under attack. There is no
guarantee that there is any berserker not under attack.
Although as a variant, you could say that if all berserkers are attacked
and the king needs to change, that player has lost. This would bring back
the elegant feel of the chess 'checkmate rather than capture' rule.

Kings should probably be allowed to move into check. Again, this isn't
particularly desirable - the only time it came up in playesting, the
player only had one other berserker. This meant instant defeat once the
king was captured, since then they only had a (new) king.