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+  | The player in first has a different set of pieces,
+  | moving generally like a queen but capturing (almost) as usual.
+
+figure
+  img.img-center(src="/variants/Empire/Board.png")
+  figcaption.text-center Initial deterministic setup.
+
+p.
+  Empire Chess is a chess variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato, the third
+  asymmetric game. This game pits the army of the "Empire" (gold) against the
+  original chess army (the "Kingdom", black). The Empire's unique feature is
+  that its pieces move like queens but attack differently.
+
+h3 General Rules
+
+ol
+  li The Empire (gold) always moves first.
+  li The Empire cannot castle.
+  li.
+    As the Empire's pawns start on the third rank, they do not have the
+    option to move two spaces or be captured by en passant. Kingdom pawns
+    retain the ability to move two spaces initially and to be captured via
+    en passant.
+  li Pawns on either side can only promote to a queen.
+  li.
+    An additional method of victory is available: called campmate.
+    Campmate is achieved by moving one's king into the final rank
+    without being check.
+  li Stalemate and repetition are both losses.
+  li.
+    Facing kings — The King and Kaiser (Imperial King) may not face
+    each other on a file or rank, similar to Xiangqi.
+
+h3 Imperial Pieces
+
+p.
+  There are five new units unique to the Empire: 2 Siege Towers, 2 Eagles,
+  2 Cardinals, 1 Duke, and 2 Soldiers. The bottom rank are all stronger than
+  their Kingdom counterparts with the exception of the Duke.
+
+ul
+  li.
+    Kaiser (K) — The Imperial king is called the Kaiser and has a
+    different symbol, but is essentially the same as the Kingdom's King,
+    also using the same abbreviation (K) — the change is purely
+    aesthetic and thematic.
+  li.
+    Soldier (S) — The Soldiers are the two pawn-like pieces replacing
+    the two middle pawns. These act like promoted soldiers in Xiangqi and
+    can move one square orthogonally in any direction except backwards.
+
+p.
+  The remaining pieces are divergent pieces, pieces that move differently
+  than they attack (such as pawns). Imperial pieces all move as queens,
+  but attack like their Kingdom counterpart except for the Duke.
+
+ul
+  li.
+    Siege Tower (T) — The Siege Tower, or Tower for short, moves like a
+    Queen but attacks like a Rook.
+  li Eagle (E) — The Eagle moves like a Queen but attacks like a Knight.
+  li.
+    Cardinal (C) — The Cardinal moves like a Queen
+    but attacks like a Bishop.
+  li Duke (D) — The Duke moves like a Queen but attacks like a King.
+
+figure
+  img.img-center(src="/variants/Empire/EagleMoves.png")
+  figcaption.text-center Eagle's moves (green) & captures (red).
+
+h3 Piece valuation
+
+p The following simplified values are used by the bot:
+
+table
+  tr
+    th Kingdom piece
+    th Value
+    th Imperial piece
+    th Value
+  tr
+    td Pawn
+    td 1
+    td Pawn
+    td 1
+  tr
+    td Queen
+    td 9
+    td Duke
+    td 4
+  tr
+    td Bishop
+    td 3
+    td Cardinal
+    td 4
+  tr
+    td Knight
+    td 3
+    td Eagle
+    td 7
+  tr
+    td Rook
+    td 5
+    td Siege Tower
+    td 7
+  tr
+    td Soldier
+    td 2
+    td -
+    td -
+
+h3 More information
+
+p
+  | See 
+  a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/empirechess") Empire Chess
+  |  on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.