- Pieces move as usual, but they all hide a special "power" inspired by
- Mario Kart:
+ Pieces move as usual, but they all hide a special "power"
+ inspired by Mario Kart:
- The pawn (Toad) leaves a "turbo" mushroom on its initial square, or on
- the intermediate one in case of a two squares move.
+ The pawn (Toad) leaves a "turbo" mushroom on its initial square,
+ or on the intermediate one in case of a two squares move.
- The knight (Yoshi) let a surprise egg on its initial square. See about
- egg effect below.
+ The knight (Yoshi) let a surprise egg on its initial square.
+ See about egg effect below.
The rook (Donkey) put a banana on a square diagonally adjacent to the
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arrival one, at random, if possible.
- The queen (Mario) can play a stealth move once in the game: the opponent
- will only know that a queen moved - to an empty square.
+ The queen (Mario) can play a stealth move once in the game:
+ the opponent will only know that a queen moved - to an empty square.
A promoted queen also has this power if not already used.
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A king or a pawn arriving on a mushroom advance one square further,
while a knight jump another time in the same direction, if possible.
Pawns can "eat" objects diagonally too.
+ Mushrooms have no effect on sliders (queen, rook, bishop).
A piece arriving on a banana (resp. bomb) is redirected at random by one
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color!) stands on that square, then it is captured.
- The effects can cumulate, as illustrated on the diagram: the bishop
- "captures" the banana on e4, and is then redirected twoard e5: mushroom,
- it jumps over the black pawn to ends on the bomb on e7, which sends it
- on d6 (f6 and f8 were possible too). A bomb is finally put on c6 which
- is the only eligible square. A piece may ends on its initial square,
- move back, and so on. That being said, a given object can only be used
- once on the path.
+ The effects can cumulate, as illustrated on the diagram: the pawn
+ "captures" the banana on e4, and is then redirected toward e5: mushroom,
+ it jumps to the next square, which sends it on d5 eating the white rook.
+ (We can imagine that the hope was to eat the black knight instead).
+ A piece may ends on its initial square, move back, and so on. That being
+ said, a given object can only be used once on the path.