Royal chess
This is a game of capture, so there are no checks or checkmate. If the king is captured, the prince becomes the king. If the prince (king) is captured, the princess becomes king. If the princess (king) is captured, the queen becomes king. The captures do not have to be in that order. If the prince is captured before the king, the princess becomes the prince. If a pawn is on the outer edge on the opponent's side of the board, the pawn can be replaced by the lowest ranking member of the royal family (queen, princess, prince, king). Once the entire royal family is captured, the game is over.
I have not tested this version. If anyone does test it, please let me know how it turned out.
| rook | knight | marshal | bishop | cardinal | queen | king | cardinal | bishop | marshal | knight | rook |
| pawn | squire | squire | novice | priest | princess | prince | priest | novice | squire | squire | pawn |
| pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | ||
| pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | pawn | ||
| pawn | squire | squire | novice | priest | princess | prince | priest | novice | squire | squire | pawn |
| rook | knight | marshal | bishop | cardinal | queen | king | cardinal | bishop | marshal | knight | rook |
The standard pieces move the same.
New pieces
- prince
- The prince can move up to 3 squares in any direction.
- princess
- The princess can move up to 6 squares in any direction.
- cardinal
- The cardinal can move as a bishop or a knight.
- marshal
- The marshal can move as a rook or a knight.
- priest
- The priest can move up to 6 squares in any diagonal.
- novice
- The novice can move up to 3 squares in any diagonal.
- squire
- The squire can move up to 3 squares horizontally or vertically.