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How does most of the units attack?
Like the archer does it just go take the spot of another or does it fire
from afar  so confusing  please reply

To the above comment: although this is not 'standard' Chinese chess it
was invented in China. It is therefore 'Chinese'. As far as I
understand
the above rules:

1) The archers and crossbowmen move as limited orthodox queens (i.e. they
don't kill at a distance any more than the cannon does). The 'on each
move' part of their movement rules suggests to me that the archers
always
move 4 spaces (no more, no less) and the crossbowmen always move 5
spaces.

2) The Zhou King is just a centerpiece and plays no role: he never moves
and cannot be captured, as far as I can see. In effect the central
position is a void, so there are 360 positions that can be used by the
players. Since this game is inspired by the Warring States civil war, it
is semi-historic and therefore the outgoing figurehead 'sons of heaven'
needed to be represented.

3) If the game seems not entirely serious, I suspect that is because the
game is intended mainly for laughs, as the drinking clauses in the rules
suggest.

Question:

I make the assumption that the cavalry cannot leap intervening pieces as
Xiangqi horses cannot either.

The archers and crossbows can move exactly 4 or 5 moves in any
direction... but is that a jump? It seems like it should be...

HELP!

(Taken from the Baidu encyclopedia page and the Wikipedia page)
This game has a history more than 900 years as it is invented by Sima Guang
in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is so old that some rules may not be
found. 
1.Archer and Crossbowmen: They do not, opposite to their names, capture
from afar. Instead, they move just like Q4 and Q5 respectively.
2.Knights: Knights cannot leap pieces in both the Baidu entry and the Wiki
entry, although the Wiki entry describe it as can move at most 3 diagonally
after moving horizontally 1 (i.e. a t[WB3]).
3.Zhou: Yes, the Zhou king (should be emperor because of status, but
translated literally, a King as the title of the Emperor is invented by the
First Emperor of Qin) is neutral and does not move, but Wiki says that it
can be leapt over by the Cannon to capture. 
For what the purpose is, ask Sima himself. Also, Sima didn’t state the
drinking rule himself (probably) and instead proposed that (1) The
objective of the game is to become the Tyrant (as did Qin in 221 B. C.).
(2) If the General is captured, ALL other pieces are under control of the
captor and (3) If the 10 pieces are captured by one single country,
(according to Baidu) all remaining pieces come under control of the captor
or (according to Wiki) all remaining pieces except the General come under
control of the captor.
May I ask that is Qin benefited from (1) is the first to move, (2) is
spaced further from others and/or (3) is the first to ally others when
there are not enough people playing?

Hi all, I dont think there can be much advantage having first move, not
with so many armies on such a big board.

Yes 'Qin' have the dream start, most space around them, 'Chu' and
'Yan' have next best start.  I dont think this gives an advantage though
really, because of the nature of multi player games, anyone that is looking
stronger than the others will naturally become a target for everyone else,
hehe.

Interesting pieces 'crossbowman' and 'archer' and 'cavalry'.  I dont
know if i have seen such pieces before. 
 
Also the start position is interesting for 'Qin' in relation to 'Yan'
but mostly because of 'Chu' with 'crossbowman'.

Oh, do you have link to wiki site, i cant seem to find it.
http://chessvariants.wikidot.com/