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Divergent Dreamers

This is an army for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can only move when it has a neighbour.

Setup

The pieces other than King & pawns are replaced with other pieces. In place of the Rooks there are 2 Sleepy Ajax Rooks. In place of the Knights, there are 2 Sleepy Ajax Knights, in place of the Bishops are the Sleepy Ajax Bishops, & in place of the Queen is the Sleepy BalaQueen.
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Pieces

Sleepy Ajax Rook

Travels like a Ferz or a Rook, captures like a Rook, but can only move when it has a neighbour.

Sleepy Ajax Knight

Travels like a King or a Knight, captures like a Knight, but can only move when it has a neighbour.

Sleepy Ajax Bishop

Travels like a Wazir or a Bishop, captures like a Bishop, but can only move when it has a neighbour.

Sleepy BalaQueen

Travels like a Knight or a Queen, captures like a Queen, but can only move when it has a neighbour.

Rules

Castling counts as a King's move, so you can castle with neighborless Sleepy Ajax Rook.

Notes

-Travel means move passively.

-Neighbor means a piece orthogonally or diagonally adjacent.

-Needing a neighbor to move doesn't mean they always need a third piece if they want to capture since an enemy piece diagonally or orthogonally adjacent also count as a neighbor.

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By HaruN Y.

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Web page created: 2023-10-24. Web page last updated: 2024-01-23