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Chaos Chess (Second Edition): Medieval Madness

2023

Chaos Chess (Second Edition): Medieval Madness

2–4 players · 60 min · 14+

Chaos Chess is a genre-mashing game that turns a common chessboard into a dynamic and exciting board game. The core rules of the game remain, but humorous cards allow players to break the rules of chess to do fantastic stuff like

 Make a piece move like a different piece
 Move an opponents piece for them
 Freeze a piece so it can't move
 Send a piece to or from "Limbo"

And much more. There are counters to track permanent and temporary effects. Eight new pieces included with this version highlight how flexible the game of chess really is - all while punching the game up to the next level. Pieces include

 Anti-Pawn
 Dragon
 Flame Snake
 Frankenpawn
 Last Pawn Standing
 Many Colored Animals
 Pinball Wizard
 Superpawn

Players can play cards on their turn by spending cards from their hand. Their opponent can "counter" any card played by discarding three cards. Players must balance card play with chess to achieve checkmate.

—description from the designer

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