Chess Alternative Cooperative Game

"God Save The Queen"

OBJECTIVE
Two players cooperate to rescue the Queen on the opposite corner of the board and bring her back to their base, the Home Corner.

GAME PLAY
The pieces move from one corner to the next, sliding across the lines of the board. Each player chooses a character type from four different pieces, each with different attributes, and places them on one corner of the board. The Queen is on the opposite corner, guarded by five enemy pieces that share the same move attributes. Once one of the player pieces reaches the Queen, it must move back one space at a time while the other player helps guard the two.



PIECES
Player Classes
King: moves three spaces, but cannot move cover any spaces from previous move
Rook: moves two spaces, but spaces have to be different directions
Bishop: moves two spaces, but spaces have to be in the same direction
Knight: moves three spaces, but must be L-shaped

Enemies
Pawns: move one space at a time, but can go any direction.

Non-playable
Queen: moves one space, but does not move until a player rescues her

RULES
Players may jump over enemies. In order to kill an enemy, the player must move to the enemy’s occupied corner using the player’s designated move attributes.

Player rescues Queen once they are placed on a corner adjacent to the Queen’s position. That player must now move back to the Home Corner by moving one space at a time, regardless of their class. The Queen must move to any adjacent corner after the player made the move. The second player must keep the escorting player and Queen safe from enemies by either blocking or defeating them. The second player’s move attributes are still the same

Only one player is required to rescue the Queen. The second player must help the first player and Queen from being defeated by enemies. If the rescuing player is defeated, the second player must deliver the queen to the Home Corner.

The game ends when both players are defeated before saving the Queen, resulting in Game Over.

The game ends when either one or both players escort the Queen to their home base, resulting in Game Win.