Asylum Chess

This is a rules file for Zillions of Games, a Windows program that will let you play any puzzle or strategy board game you can feed it the rules to. With Zillions-of-Games installed, this rules file will let you play this game against your computer.

This zillions package includes the original Asylum Chess as well as some new games: Asylum Chess 2, Double Dose Snake Madness and Super Loony Long Jumps.

Asylum Chess 2

The board is set up as follows for the white side (black side will mirror this): Rook on a1 Wazir Knight on b1 Bishop on c1 Insane Snake Bishop on d1 Mad Queen on e1 King on f1 Loony Snake Rook on g1 Bishop on h1 Ferz Knight on i1 Rook on j1 10 pawns from a2 to j2. Note that the lower right square is white, and that kings occupy the same color square. 5 Ninja pawns to be dropped one per turn into empty space from a2-j2

The Loony Snake Rook can move like a rook OR it can move to the destination square by sliding along one of two unobstructed paths: 2 squares orthogonally followed by one diagonally outwards or one diagonal followed by two orthogonally outwards.

The Insane Snake Bishop moves like a bishop OR it can move to the destination square by sliding along one of two unobstructed paths: Two steps diagonally followed by one step orthogonally outwards or one orthogonal followed by 2 squares diagonally outwards.

The Ninja Pawns
This special pawn can move/capture like a regular pawn as well as move 1 space sideways. When in enemy territory it also captures 1 space sideways. It can move 1-multiple spaces toward the center and en-passant does not apply.
Up to 5 Ninja Pawns can be dropped (1 per turn) to an empty space on the 2nd rank, and you can optionally make the forward thrust to the center in the same move.

This game also features Flexible castling (King can move 1-3 or 4 on Q-side squares towards Rook), and a slight modification to the pawn's initial movement and en passant rules.
Note that both pawns and Ninjas Pawns can move forward multiple spaces towards the middle.

Super Loony Long Jumps features the Insane Sorcerer Bishop, which moves like a bishop OR leaps along path traced by one orthogonal and 2 diagonally outwards, and the Mad Leaping Rook that moves like Rook or leaps along path of 2 orthogonal followed by one diagonally outwards.

Download Instructions

Instructions on downloading this Zillions file:

• Download the .zip file
• Extract the contents of the .zip file to your Zillions of Games folder
• Be sure you have the "Use folder names" checkbox checked when you extract the files.