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Avatar Riff Riders

 
By Gerd P. Degens

 

The game requires an 11 x 11 board. There are only 'riders' (night-, cardinal-, chancellor-, amazon-, zebracamelrider) in the game - besides pawns and king, of course. There is a barrier on rank 6 that must be overcome. On ranks 1 to 11, pieces are morphed according to the rules (see below). There is no morphing on the f-file.

Setup

Pieces

Night-, cardinal-, chancellor-, amazon- and zebracamelrider as well as king and pawns. For details see the rules section.

pawn steps one square straight ahead, or diagonally forward to an empty square, or jumps to the 2nd square straight ahead
nightrider repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
amazonrider slides in all 8 directions, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
cardinalrider slides diagonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
chancellorrider slides orthogonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction
zecari repeatedly makes a (3,2) leap in the same direction, or repeatedly makes a (3,1) leap in the same direction
king steps one square in all 8 directions, or castles by stepping 4 squares towards the chancellorrider


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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.


Web page created: 2024-07-18. Web page last updated: 2024-08-22

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