Chess Infinitum társasjáték

Angol leírás

Developed in Cebu City, Philippines, Chess Infinitum is a fantasy-based variant of chess played on a 10x10 checkerboard with its corner and its horizontally adjacent neighbor squares removed totaling 92 squares including the 2x2 "Infinitum squares" on the center of both sides.

As a chess variant, similarities with the original game include the piece moves being the same, existence of draw rules like stalemate, move repetitions and number-of-move rules, and promotion of a pawn reaching the other end of the board being present; however, major differences in gameplay include both sides only have 6 pawns, the starting position of the pieces are different, and the goal of the game is now to "capture" the opponent king instead of just checkmating it.

In addition, a piece placed on their own, differently colored, 2x2 "infinitum squares" can be moved as if they are occupying all other vacant squares in the said space. If another piece of yours has occupied one of the then-vacant squares in the "infinitum square" then those pieces will instead share the power of the remaining vacant squares. If all infinitum squares are occupied by a piece then this power becomes technically useless. You and your opponent cannot utilize the opposing infinitum squares but you could use one of your pieces to block its effect by occupying a square.

A more commonly used variant of the game is by adding the "Wizard" piece. This piece is initially placed on the player's infinitum square and moves similar to a Chess queen; its special power lies on it being uncapturable by the opponents king dealing a possible game-ending capture on the next move if not captured by another piece. Since it is a special piece, any pawn that promotes on the 9th or the 10th rank of the board cannot be promoted to a Wizard.