Herd

This game is experience to collect together some jumping pieces. It is imperfectly. Later I want to find more interesting variant.

Interactive diagram: pieces movable, right-click resets!    7   6   5   4   3   2   1  a b c d e f g      Click here to open/close a piece overview. Play it! The AI will now respond to your moves! (  +  2.5 ply  -  ) Info for selected board piece mc Move or capture mc Move or capture (unblockable jump) m Move only im Move only (unmoved piece only) c Capture only m,c Forbidden move, but delivers check  Click on piece to toggle its moved status Click on piece name to see its move diagram. (print version) ID white nr black nr name move P - - pawn ifmnDfmWfceF N - - knight N C - - camel C B - - bison CZ M - - rook-knight RN V - - rook-camel RC E - - rook-bison RCZ K - - king K

This two player game is played on a board of 7 by 7 squares. Each player has 1 King, 2 Knights, 2 Camels, 2 Bisons, and 7 Pawns. Click below to display piece moves White: Pawn: a2-g2; Knight: a1,g1; Camel: b1,f1; Bison: c1,e1; King: d1 Black: Pawn: a6-g6; Knight: a7,g7; Camel: b7,f7; Bison: c7,e7; King: d7

Rules:

The game is conducted by the rules of orthodox chess with the following changes:

• Knights make (like in orthodox chess) a (1,2)-jump.
• Camels can make a (1,3)-jump.
• Bisons can make a (1,3)-jump or a (2,3)-jump.
• Promotion. When pawns reach last rank they promote to another piece, as follows: on a square a or g - to rook-knight, on a square b or f - to rook-camel, on a square c or e - to rook-bison, on a square d - to rook-knight, rook-camel, or rook-bison, to the choice of the player owning the piece.