Learn Chess

The Martian chess is kind of chess like strategy game in which the location, instead of the pieces color influence the pieces you should move. The same as in Chess game, each piece moves in uniquely different way and you can capture by moving onto the square where your opponent piece is positioned. However, unlike the chess game, you can move only the pieces placed in your own quadrant as well as attack those pieces that are in your opponent’s quadrant which can possibly include the pieces you formerly owned. The game will be concluded when a player runs out of pieces and the player who acquired the most points wins the game.

Each of the players will begin by setting up three of each size Icehouse pieces that totals to 9 pieces all in all. You can disregard the color of the pyramid since the color makes no significance in the Martian chess, so select different variety of colors that you like for starting up.

The pieces include the Queens, Drones, and Pawns. The queens are the largest pieces and can move in any direction as far as you like in straight or diagonal motion, just like the queen in a regular chess game. The drones are the medium pieces and can only move on straight basic directions and not diagonally in one or two spaces at a time just like the Rook in a regular chess game, just limited in range. The pawns are the smallest pieces and can move at one space, in any direction at a time.

To be able to play the Martian chess, imagine a pair or dividing lines that are perpendicular and split the board into four. These lines that divide the board are called the Canals. Throughout the game, each of the players will have absolute control of one of the zones (which are 4 zones) that are separated by canals.

Playing the Martian game is by location so any pieces that are in your designated zone of the board is yours and you are the one that can control them. Every time the pieces are moved across a canal, those pieces change ownerships so they can be owned by your opponent. The piece of your opponent can be captured by moving your own piece onto its square, the same as in normal chess. In this way, every time you capture, the piece you used becomes the piece of your opponent whose piece you took.

The fun part of this game is whoever player whose color of the hair is closest to color red shall go first. As what is mentioned earlier, the game ends when a player runs out of piece and the quadrant is empty. The player that acquires the highest points wins the game. Points are counted and totaled; 3 points for queens, 2 for drones, and 1 for pawn. Remember that you can play with a maximum of four players.

This Martian chess is really a brain stimulant also. It uses chess like strategy to win the game.