Martian Chess
A Mind-Bending Chess-Style Game
Martian Chess is a fast and easy-to-learn yet mind-bending Chess-style game: ownership of pieces is determined not by color, but by location on the gameboard. For this edition, we have created a new opaque color*: "Martian Red." Since color has no meaning in this game, all 18 pieces in the set will be of this new color.
*The Kickstarter exclusive version featured chrome silver pyramids which will not be going into distribution, but we will have limited quantities available in our webstore until they run out.
Players:
2
Playtime:
10 – 20
Ages:
8 – Adult
MSRP:
$22.00
Game Play
As in Chess, each type of piece has its own way of moving, and you capture by entering an opponent piece’s square. However, you can move only the pieces sitting in your section of the board, and you can only attack pieces in another player’s zone. Thus, a piece changes ownership after it attacks. The game ends when a player has no pieces left in their zone.
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Box Contents:
- Instructions
- 18 opaque red pyramids; 6 Trios each
- 1 foldable gameboard
Rules:
- Printer-friendly rules are downloadable on the main Martian Chess index page
- The rules as formatted to fit into this little box are here: Martian Chess Rules
More Information about Looney Pyramids:
- Looney Pyramids webpage
- This set also serves as an expansion for Pyramid Arcade, by providing additional pyramids
- This was one of the games in Pyramid Quartet. The others are: Nomids, Ice Duo, and Homeworlds
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