Splat Chess
Chess where every square your piece crosses turns your color. Paint all around an enemy piece to capture it.
About the game
Rulebook
Two players play on an 8×8 board. White (red) moves first, and Black (blue) moves second.
Setup Take turns placing your king, rook, bishop, and knight, in that order, on your back row. Each square you place on turns your color.
Moving On your turn, pick your king, rook, bishop, or knight and move it. Rooks and bishops slide until they hit the edge of the board or another piece. Knights jump in an L shape. Every square a piece crosses turns your color.
The king The king moves one square in any of the 8 directions. When it moves, the 3×3 block of 9 squares centered on where it lands all turn your color.
Capturing A piece whose four neighbors (up, down, left, right) are all the opponent's color is captured. The board edge counts as blocked. This includes your own piece: move it onto such a square and it is captured right away. When you pick a knight or bishop, those squares show a red !.
How to win - Capture the opponent's king. - Paint all of your goal squares (outlined in your color). Each side has 4, one placed at random on each of rows 3 to 6. No two goal squares share a square. - Be first to paint 32 squares. - Your opponent has no piece that can move at the start of their turn.
First vs. second player
- First wins 55%
- Draws 11%
- Second wins 34%
From 800 games the AI played against itself near the end of training. The first player has a slight edge.
Creator
shinSomeone made this game themselves
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