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submitted 10 months ago by kriz to c/anarchychess@sopuli.xyz
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white made a mistake letting them get this organized and this close, but can they still win?

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[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Horses can be killed, and even a guy swinging pointy things can be overwhelmed by enough people.

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I think what’s needed is the introduction of additional pieces.

  1. Pikemen - can’t move, but must face in a specific direction. Can attack any unit in front of them, but not to their sides/rear.
  2. Archers - can attack any unit at least two but no more than 3 spaces ahead of them.
  3. Trebuchets - similar to archers but can only attack 5-6 spaces ahead. Trebuchets can take out rooks.
  4. Knights can kill bishops, but only at the hinting request of the king. The bishops can then get a free attack on the king, but can only whip him and not kill him.
[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eventually you'll just end up reinventing Stratego

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I was thinking that we could replace the board with a hexagon map and replace the pieces with printed cardboard squares.

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

I love me some turbulent priests