Different Armies Rules

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White and black pieces are replaced by different armies.

+ Pawns and kings move as usual, but the other pieces generally do not. + Indeed, before the game start you must select two armies, defining + new movements for "rooks", "knights", "bishops" and "queens". +

Pieces movements are described using these simple pieces:

Dabbabah = jump two squares orthogonally
Alfil = jump two squares diagonally
Wazir = one square orthogonally
Ferz = one square diagonally
Three leaper (L3) = jump three squares orthogonally
Narrow knight = knight without "2+1 lateral moves"

Pawns can be promoted into a piece of any of the two armies playing.

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The Colorbound Clobberers

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Rook = bishop + dabbabah = "bede" (D),
Knight = wazir + alfil = "waffle" (W),
Bishop = ferz + alfil + dabbabah = "fad" (F),
Queen = bishop + knight = "cardinal" (C).

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+ Moves of the Bede on the left, and of the Waffle on the right. +

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+ Moves of the Fad. +

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+ When castling large, the king and rook arrive respectively on + b1/b8 and c1/c8 so that the rook remains on the same color. +

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The Nutty Knights

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Rook = rook forward and sideways + king backwards = "charging rook" (G),
Knight = narrow knight + ferz = "fibnif" (I),
+ Bishop = knight forward + king sideways and backwards = + "charging knight" (T), +
Queen = rook forward and sideways + knight forward + king = "colonel" (L).

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+ Moves of the Charging rook on the left, and of the Fibnif on the right. +

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+ Moves of the Charging knight on the left, and of the Colonel on the right. +

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