Draft of Synochess (+ Empire ready)
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4 Synochess is a chess variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato.
5 The idea of the game was to create a variant where the western chess army
6 can fight against the xiangqi or Chinese chess army in a fair manner.
7 In this game, the white army represents the western chess side and is
8 called the Kingdom, while the black army represents an amalgamation of
9 xiangqi and janggi (Korean chess) and is called the Dynasty.
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12 The name Synochess is based off an earlier name, Sinochess, but it was
13 changed as the Dynasty became less "Sino" (as in Chinese) and more a
14 mixture of Chinese and Korean. Instead, the prefix syn- means together,
15 and the game represents two different historic branches of chess coming
16 together into one.
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19 li The Kingdom (white) always moves first.
20 li The Dynasty (black) cannot castle.
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22 Kingdom pawns can only promote to their own pieces (queen, rook, knight,
23 bishop). Dynasty soldiers do not promote.
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25h3 Special Rules
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29 King Faceoff — As in Xiangqi, Kings may not face each other
30 (on a file or rank) without intervening pieces.
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32 Reinforcement Soldiers — Black starts with two soldiers in hand.
33 Instead of moving a piece on the board, the Dynasty player can drop a
34 soldier onto an open square in rank 5 (Dynasty's 4th rank).
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36 Campmate — A king that reaches the final rank (without moving
37 into check) wins the game.
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39 Stalemate — As in Xiangqi, stalemates
40 and moves repetitions are a loss.
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42h3 Dynasty Pieces
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45 There are four new units unique to the Dynasty: 6 Soldiers (2 start in
46 hand), 2 Cannons, 2 Elephants, and 1 Advisor.
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48 The Chariots are equal to the Rooks and use the same abbreviation (R)
49 — the difference is purely cosmetic. Similarly, the Kings are the
50 same, but just appear different.
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53 Details and diagrams of each piece are below.  
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57p https://www.pychess.org/variant/synochess