Alien Chess

Chess, as they play it out there.

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Your pieces start at the bottom. Arrow keys move around the board. Space or Enter picks up one of your pieces, then puts it down on a square it can reach. Z takes back your last move.

How to play

  1. Every level brings new pieces. Each one's card shows how it moves.
  2. On a card, a line slides until something blocks it; an arrow runs to the edge. A lone dot jumps straight there. ● moves or takes, ○ only moves, × only takes.
  1. Cards point up the board. The enemy's pieces move the same way, upside down.
  2. Take the enemy's king (the crowned piece), or all of its pieces. Lose yours and you lose. A side with no move skips its turn.
  1. You move first. There's always a win in the moves shown on top: undo, restart and try again.
  2. Win fast for three stars.

Keyboard: arrows to move, Space to pick up and put down, Z undo, P pause.