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Musketeer Chess
Musketeer Chess
by Musketeer Chess (2011)
Player Count
2

Player Ages
6+

Playing Time
5 minutes to 1 hour, 30 minutes
Categories
  • Abstract Strategy
  • Expansion for Base-game
  • Designers
  • Zied Haddad
  • Mechanisms
  • Grid Movement
  • Family
  • Chess Games
  • Combinatorial
  • Player Count: Two Player Only Games
  • Rating: 7/10 from 1 users

    Description

    A variant of western chess with a large variety of special pieces. The main setup remains the same, but two additional musketeer pieces (all powerful, non-standard pieces) are selected by the players and setup on a phantom row behind their own back row.

    Musketeer pieces enter the game when the position right in front of them is freed by a move. If the piece in front of a musketeer piece is captured before it entered the game, the musketeer piece is also removed from the board.

    The extra pieces create a more dense and cluttered board, but their odd method of entry creates early game information about where your opponent is likely to develop.

    Computer based analyses have been run on the musketeer chess pieces providing estimates of their valuation. These valuations help unlock the early game by giving players an idea of what an advantageous trade would be.

    Pawn : 100
    Knight : 315
    Bishop : 315
    Bishop Pair Bonus : 50
    Rook : 500
    Queen : 975

    Leopard : 670
    Archbishop : 770
    Cannon : 750 (not Chinese Chess cannon)
    Chancellor : 800
    Dragon or Amazone : 1250 – 1400
    Unicorn : 560
    Hawk : 550
    Elephant : 630 (not Chinese Chess elephant)
    Fortress : 760
    Spider : 815

    Pieces are sold separately in packs of 4 -- two similar pieces each in white and black. One or more such packs plus a regular western chess set are required to play. 5 Kits are currently available on amazon Europe, Amazon USA, houseofstaunton.com

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