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Terachess II
Terachess II
by (Self-Published) (2020)
Player Count
2
Categories
  • Abstract Strategy
  • Designers
  • Jean-Louis Cazaux
  • Mechanisms
  • Grid Movement
  • Static Capture
  • Square Grid
  • Pattern Movement
  • Family
  • Chess Games
  • Combinatorial
  • Player Count: Two Player Only Games
  • Rating: 10/10 from 1 users

    Description

    An evolution of Terachess I, Terachess II is a large Chess variant with 26 different kinds of pieces played on a 16 x 16 board.

    Full list of piece types with their values:

    N/A - King - (King's move + Initial King's jump that replaces castling)
    10.2 - Amazon - (Knight's move + Queen's move)
    8.4 - Eagle - (Unique move pattern, similar to Rhinoceros)
    8.3 - Queen - (Queen's move)
    8.2 - Sorceress - (Combines Cannon and Crocodile)
    6.9 - Marshall - (Combines Rook and Knight)
    6.1 - Rhinoceros - (Unique move pattern, similar to Eagle)
    6.0 - Admiral - (Combines Rook and King)
    6.0 - Lion - (Combines Elephant, Machine and Knight)
    5.8 - Duchess - (Jumps up to 3 squares in any direction)
    5.4 - Buffalo - (Combines Knight, Camel and Giraffe)
    5.3 - Cardinal - (Combines Knight and Bishop)
    5.0 - Rook - (Rook's move)
    5.0 - Cannon - (Cannon's move from Xiangqi)
    4.4 - Missionary - (Combines Bishop and King)
    4.1 - Centaur - (Combines Knight and King)
    3.4 - Bishop - (Bishop's move)
    3.3 - Crocodile - (Diagonal counterpart of the Cannon)
    2.4 - Troll - (Combines classic Pawn and 3-step jump)
    2.3 - Prince - (Combines King's move and 2-step no-capture move)
    2.2 - Machine - (Jumps up to 2 squares orthogonally)
    2.0 - Knight - (Knight's move)
    2.0 - Elephant - (Jumps up to 2 squares diagonally)
    1.8 - Camel - (Jumps like an extended knight)
    1.7 - Giraffe - (Jumps to the opposite square of a 3x4 rectangle)
    0.5 - Pawn - (Pawn that can also move 2 squares forward from any place)

    The main change to the regular Chess rules pertains to obligatory promotion upon reaching the last rank of the board.
    Only the following pieces are promoted:

    Knight > Buffalo
    Camel > Buffalo
    Giraffe > Buffalo
    Elephant > Lion
    Machine > Lion
    Centaur > Lion
    Prince > Amazon
    Pawn > Queen
    Troll > Queen (Must move 1-step to promote)

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