PLAY

HOW TO PLAY

HOW TO PLAY
Locate the 4 hidden, enemy Kings using your Knights and Bishops.

Suggestion: Think of the Clueboard, the chessboard with the pieces and colors, as separate from the Locationboard, another chessboard with nothing but the Royals, who occupy two squares. The Pieces work on the ClueBoard and the Locator(Yellow Square) works on the LocationBoard. It will help you visualize the game better.

• There are two possible moves at any point during the game. Place a Piece or Place the Locator on the chessboard.
• Place a Piece: Click on a Knight or Bishop from the tile rack and then click on a square on the chessboard to place your selected piece. Placing a piece costs 2 points.
• Place the Locator: Click on the Locator and then on the location. Correct guesses reveal a King. Placing a Locator on an incorrect cell costs you a life.
• Track Kings using clues:
  • If a piece is placed and one or more Royals is within its movement range, the square will turn GREEN. Else, it will turn RED.
  • By definition, the square on which a piece is placed is not in the movement range of the piece. So, if a piece is placed on a King Location, the square can turn RED or GREEN depending on where the other Kings are.

Details

• You CANNOT place pieces and Locators on found kings (YELLOW squares).
• You CAN place pieces and Locators on GREEN squares and RED squares. How is this useful?
• The impact footprint of a Bishop in a given cell is different from that of a Knight in the same cell. Placing a different piece on the same square can give you additional clues.
• This is useful after the first royal is found and you have green squares that may not pertain to the remaining royal. You can place pieces on any green square and you will get updated information about that square that can help you eliminate options.
• Game Over Conditions: The game ends when all Kings are found or you run out of lives.