Chess Smackdown — Player's Guide
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Your opponent's Knight is about to capture your Queen.
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Without her, your King is outgunned and you're doomed to lose...
...but what if she could fight back???
In Chess Smackdown, you have to WIN a card battle to capture a piece...
...otherwise, YOUR attacking piece dies. Your opponent's piece stands his ground.
And beware the Joker....he's a SNIPER who will take out even more of your chess army!
The Short Version
Chess Smackdown plays just like regular chess. But we added three awesome twists:
- You don't just take a piece — you battle for it. Move onto an enemy piece, and you both draw a card to see who wins the fight.
- No checkmate. Check is still a thing, but it can't end the game by itself. The only way to actually win is to capture the enemy King.
- Special cards can flip the whole fight. A Sniper card (that's our name for the Joker) wins its battle no matter what, and can grab you a bonus piece. If both players draw a Sniper at the same time... buckle up. That's Armageddon.
Everything else works exactly like the chess you already know — castling, en passant, pawn promotion, all of it. A few tiny tweaks are explained near the bottom.
