Desert Dust
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Pieces
Melek: Melek is Arabic for "king," and the Melek moves exactly like the King.
Sultana: The Sultana combines the moves of the Queen and the Camel.
Emir: The Emir slides orthogonally like a Rook, moves to any adjacent space, or leaps like a Camel.
Caliph: The Caliph slides diagonally like a Bishop, or leaps like a Camel.
Canvasser: The Canvasser slides orthogonally like a Rook, or leaps like a Camel.
Sultan: The Sultan moves to any diagonal space, or leaps like a Knight or Camel.
Grand Vizier: The Grand Vizier can moves to any adjacent space, or leaps like a Camel or two spaces diagonally.
Snake: The Snake moves one space forward or backward, then may continue outward like a Bishop.
Astrologer: The Astrology leaps like a Camel, and then may continue outward like a Bishop.
Raven:
Ostrich:
Satrap:
Qayin:
Jackal: The Jackal leaps three spaces diagonally, or like a Zebra.
Shiek: The Sheik moves to any adjacent diagonal space, leaps like a Camel, or leaps to every other orthogonal space (like a Dabbabarider).
Sorcerer: The Sorcerer moves one space orthogonally, or leaps like a Zebra.
Wizard: The Wizard moves one space diagonally, or leaps like a Camel.
Arabian Spear: The Arabian Spear moves directly forward like a Rook, or diagonally forward like a Bishop. (It cannot move sideways or backward.)
Camel: The Camel leaps one space by three spaces.
Pawn:
Scorpion:
Rules
Other than the above, rules are as in standard Chess.
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By Bob Greenwade.
Last revised by Bob Greenwade.
Web page created: 2023-08-21. Web page last updated: 2023-10-22