Chivalry
| Chivalry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ken Leyhe | ||
| Players: | 2 - 2 | |
| Length: | Medium | |
| Complexity: | Low | |
| Trios per color: | 5 | |
| Number of colors: | 2 | |
| - - - - - - Other equipment - - - - - - | ||
| Chessboard | ||
| Setup time: | 1–2 minutes | |
| Playing time: | 15 - 30 | |
| Strategy depth: | Medium | |
| Random chance: | None | |
| BGG Link: | 91079 | |
| Status: Complete (v1.0), Year released: 2002 | ||
| Created in May,2002 | ||
Chivalry
By Ken Leyhe VerF 1.1 Revised 05/02
Objective
Be the first player to jump two queens off the opposing side of the board. Stalemates are possible.
Equipment
A. Chessboard
B. 2 Icehouse stashes of different colors.
Set-up
A. Each player takes 5 small (pawns) and 4 medium (queens) pyramids.
B. Players place their queens on their back row black squares.
Play
Pyramids have different moves available.
- Pawns may move diagonally onto any adjacent, empty square.
- Queens can only jump diagonally over any friendly pyramid thus capturing it. Multiple jumps are allowed.
- Pawns that are captured are placed back into the stash and may be used again.
- Queens that are captured are removed permanently from play.
On a players turn he has 3 actions available, he may perform 1 action per turn.
- If a queen has a possible capture, it must make the capture.
- A pawn may be placed on any unoccupied black square.
- A pawn may be moved.
Winning
A. The player who jumps two queens off of the opposite side of the board wins.
B. A stale mate occurs when both players have only one queen in play.
Variations
- In the case of neither playing having enough queens to win, a victory can be granted a player who has gotten at least one queen off of the board, when his opponent has not.
Strategy Having played this twice, there's a lot to be said for backtracking when pieces become bunched together. Note that the directions don't prohibit one from moving or jumping pieces backwards. [Nihilvor 3/11]
Historic NoteThis game was obviously inspired by George S. Parker's classic game of the same name. [Nhilvor 3/11]
External Link
Chivalry is listed at BGG.