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"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."  —Elbert Hubbard

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I Declare War | Beta

 Started | 05/23

Completed | 06/23

Est. Logged Time | 12 hrs.

Description

The goal is to Capture your Opponents Castle for the fastest most riskiest way to win or capture all other pieces and force a surrender. I was inspired by the card game I declare War and my favorite board game Chess. There were school imposed limitations on creating this game; 2 player die game, no cards, no traditional boards i.e. 8x8 Chess board, no more than 30 minutes of play.

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Game Rules

  1. Place pieces as follows: P,P,K,B,C,B,K,P,P.

  2. Roll Die.

  3. Move a single piece the number of spaces within Move Pattern.

  4. Cannot move on Black squares, Knights can Jump over.

  5. Cannot move on Gated squares unless any piece is on Yellow square attached to Gate, Knights can Jump over.

  6. Cannot move back and forth on squares during turn.

  7. Cannot move through other pieces, Knights can Jump over.

  8. Must land on unoccupied square.

Combat Rules

  1. Battle Activation happens when player lands within Attack Pattern.

  2. Player must attack by rolling die.

  3. Opponent must Defend by rolling die.

  4. Whoevers number is higher Captures the others piece.

  5. If the numbers are the same (Stalemate) nothing happens and the battle ends.

  6. Castle cannot Attack, only Defend, Can only be captured on a Roll of 6.

Pieces

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Pawn

Move Pattern: Horizontally and Vertically by a Single square.

Attack Pattern: Any Surrounding squares.

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Bishop

Move Pattern: Diagonally by a Single square.

Attack Pattern: Diagonal Blue squares.

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Knight

Move Pattern: Horizontally and Vertically by 2 squares.

Attack Pattern: Adjacent Blue squares.

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Credits

Graphic Design

Pieces: Skoll under CC BY 3.0

Playtesters

Mudassar Iqbal

Garrett Lucas

Credits

Castle

Move Pattern: Horizontally by a Single square.

Attack Pattern: None, Defend by Rolling 6. 

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Please email me if you are interested in collaborating. I look forward to working with you. Thanks for your time! 

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