Elven Chess (Paperback)

Elven Chess is a game of chess. It is played with traditional chess pieces on a traditional chessboard with many of the traditional chess rules. Queens move like Queens, Bishops like Bishops, and Knights like Knights. You may Castle and you may capture "En Passant." Everything you know and love about the ancient game of chess present and accounted for, except... This is a big exception... Battles! By introducing the element of chance with the introduction of the twenty sided die (d20), what was once as simple as moving your chess piece to an occupied square and removing the opposing piece, has become quite remarkably unusual. By taking turns rolling the die, you compete in a battle to the death over the contested square, until one piece lays dead on the battlefield. Because of the new element of chance introduced with battles, the attacking player no longer has the certainty of victory over the contested square; the defending pawn may be victorious over the offensive queen. Our game draws many of its game mechanics from traditional Role-Playing Games (RPGs), Trading Card Games (TCGs), and the traditional game of chess. By combining these divergent game mechanics into a single game, Elven Chess will provide many, many hours of game playing excitement for many years to come. This and much, much more!