Martian Chess

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Martian Chess

Martian Chess is an abstract strategy game for two or four players invented by Andrew Looney in 1999.[1] It is played with Icehouse pyramids on a chessboard.[2] To play with a number of players other than two or four, a non-Euclidean surface can be tiled to produce a board of the required size, allowing up to six players.

~ Wikipedia

Decided to design pocket version of martian chess after seeing rule breakdown on some youtube reel. Thought, it'd be perfect game for xmas. Design came out sleek, so here I am, sharing it with the rest of 3D printing community

Rules

Initial setup

Each player starts with nine pieces: three small (pawns), three medium (drones), and three large (queens). The color of the pieces is irrelevant to the gameplay.[1] A mix of colors is recommended.

Players initially place their pieces in the corners of the board as shown. In a two-player game, only a half-board is used.[11] The players decide who moves first. Play turns alternate, and pass to the left after each move.

Movement and capturing

The red lines in the diagrams indicate notional canals which divide the board into territories, or quadrant. At any given time a player controls only those pieces that are in his or her territory.[1]

The pieces move as follows:

  • Pawns: one space diagonally in any direction. (Unlike chess pawns, they may move backwards.)
  • Drones: one or two spaces horizontally or vertically, without jumping. (Like chess rooks, but with limited range.)
  • Queens: any distance horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, without jumping. (The same as chess queens.)

As in chess, a square may contain no more than one piece, and a piece is captured when an enemy piece lands on the square it occupies. The capturing player removes the piece and puts it aside for later scoring.

In the two-player game, a player may not immediately reverse an opponent's last move (i.e. may not move the piece across the canal back to its departure square, on the next turn).[4]

End of game and scoring

The game ends when one player runs out of pieces (i.e., their territory becomes empty). Players then compute their scores by adding up the point values of the pieces they captured: queen = 3, drone = 2, pawn = 1.[1] The player or team with the highest total wins the game.[3]

In the four-player game, the players form two teams, with teammates in opposite corners. Teammates play for a combined score. Aside from strategic differences, play is unaffected; it is legal (and sometimes good strategy) to capture your teammate's pieces

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Why 4/5 tho? Where can I improve this profile?
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Nothing actually sorry I changed it
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I admire your design, could you please create a storage box for the chess pieces? Thank you
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I have this planned, but currently working on my last collage project. There will be update for this including pieces case integrated with the board, but my diploma comes first. You can expect this to be uploaded halfway of March
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incredibly confusing and fun!
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cool!!
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How can I improve that?
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