Fluky Chess

Metamorph Chess is a fast-paced tactical game based on chess – but with the addition of randomness. The game uses special pieces - dice with pawn, knight, bishop and rook symbols. After each move, the player throws the dice to determine, what the moved piece going to be on the next move. Thus, the situation on board can drastically change in a couple of seconds.

Invented and designed by Ilya Yudovski, 2023

Setup

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Initial setup:

The game is played by two people on the 5x5 mini chess board.

At the start of the game, every player has six pieces: a king and five dice pieces with pawn, knight, bishop and rook symbols. The initial setup is as follows:

Pieces

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The game uses two kings (black and white) and five Metamorph Dice for each player. The dice is six-sided, depicting three pawns, knight, bishop and rook. 

Rules

The dice pieces are played as chess pieces. At the start of the game, all the dice pieces are played as pawns and should be placed on the board with the pawn symbol on the upper side.

The rules of chess apply, with the following differences:

After each move with a dice piece, the player throws the dice to determine if it's going to be played as a pawn, knight, bishop or rook on the next move, with three exceptions: if the move ends with a check, the piece reaches the last line as rook, bishop or knight or pawn reaches the last line. In the latter case, the player determines if the piece going to be knight, bishop or rook, as in regular chess promotion.

Pawns have no double-move option. There is no castling.

The draw and victory conditions:

The victory conditions are to checkmate the other player’s king or to bring your king piece on the other player’s king starting square.

Stalemate (if the player on turn cannot make a valid move, but is not in check) is a draw.

The Threefold repetition rule as in chess applies - when the exact same position occurs the third time on the board with the same player moving with the same options any player can claim a draw without the opponent's consent.   

Notes

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Last revised by Ilya Yudovski.

Revisions of MSflukychess

Fluky Chess #12170 by Ilya Yudovski on 2023-12-22 18:28:27
Fluky Chess #12171 by Ilya Yudovski on 2023-12-22 18:28:27
Fluky Chess #12231 by Ilya Yudovski on 2023-12-22 18:28:27
Fluky Chess #12232 by Ilya Yudovski on 2023-12-22 18:28:27
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Fluky Chess #12254 by Ilya Yudovski on 2023-12-22 18:28:27
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Fluky Chess #14798 by Ilya Yudovski on 2024-01-21 16:35:00