Jack moves uneasily toward the podium, and looks through the book.
Opening the book reveals the ruleset for the room sized board game:
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Goblin Chess
Greeting Adventurers, Rogues and Magickers!
To proceed you need only play a game of
Goblin Chess. The next door will open, win or lose, but you
might earn great riches on winning, so do try to win. What riches exactly, who knows?
To play, pick any piece from the board on this podium. The King and Queen start out in the middle, flanked by Bishops, bordered by Mages, surrounded by Knights, ensconced within Rooks. Once all able combatants have picked a piece they will be projected to their positions on the field and the game will begin in earnest. Do note that pieces can only move as long as the player is still projecting themselves into the game, you may withdraw at any time but
For this game you can use your piece’s attacks and special abilities, as well as your own attacks and techniques though they may not be as effective in this battle. All players have to decide their actions simultaneously before moving and attacking. Movement is, of course, analogous to the regular Goblin Chess everyone knows and loves to play. For those who don’t know the rules:
Take the King’s head to win.The King moves and attacks one square away from himself. The King can summon and control
a Pawn, which moves one square forward and attacks one square diagonally ahead. Upon reaching the end of the board,
the Pawn can transform into a Mage.
The Queen can move and attack vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
Rooks can move and attack in straight lines. Rooks can exchange places with their King once per game.
Bishops can move and attack diagonally. Bishops can also place a barrier on one unit at a time, which will heal them every turn. The barrier fully absorbs one instance of damage and is destroyed when attacked.
Knights move and attack one-two or two-one squares (L-shaped). They can move through other pieces.
Mages move in a diamond pattern around them
(link here) but cannot attack adjacent pieces. They can move through other pieces. Mages have special abilities:
1. Arcane Missile - target any tile, hits the first enemy piece in the attack’s path (this replaces the Mage’s basic attack)
2. Fireball - target any tile, all enemy pieces on that tile and adjacent tiles are dealt damage.
For this game of Goblin Chess however, enemy Mage pieces will be replaced by Demon pieces, which are like Mage pieces but cooler.
For any kill made with a melee attack, the attacker will take the position of the removed piece.
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