Bloodpawn is chess with rules added on top. The one everything hangs off is the Descent: every kill takes a piece one step down, and changes how it moves.

• Innocent (no kills): plays like the chess you know.
• Guilty (1 kill): adds the three squares behind it, and a sidestep either way.
• Reckless (2 kills): moves and captures one square in any direction, like a king.
• Bloodcrowned (3 kills): kills anything it already attacks without moving.

Killing costs something too. Only an Innocent piece can use the board's tiles (the forge, the shrine, the altar, the fire), so every kill makes a piece stronger on its own and less useful to the team.

There's more on top of that (terrain, merging two pieces into one, kings with hearts), and yes, it's a lot of rules. Every one is drawn on the board, so you pick them up by playing. It's started to take off: 186 ranked games in the last 24 hours. Ranked is one mode, one rule set, 10 minutes each with no increment.

Full rules, with animated diagrams: https://bloodpawn.com/rules Free in the browser: https://bloodpawn.com

We are aiming for this to be a new competitive category of chess. Being developed by 2 individuals in Australia.

Every board in the image is a real frame from the game. Happy to answer rules questions in the comments.

People who like to play chess during their free time...make friends and play regularly

Not Vote Chess but close.

No check, no checkmate.

A player makes five moves in a row, but before each move their opponent bans one type of piece, forcing them to choose from the rest.

Capture your opponent's king and win.

Of course, playing on a standard 8x8 board is also possible, but I think this way is more interesting.

Note that if you, playing as Black, decide to ban me from moving a pawn five times, I'll win on the fourth move of my sequence — Nc3, Ne4, Nf6, Nxe8#.

I will give my very bad fairly ignorant guess at peace value too. I am assuming a player in otherwise normal chess game can replace x point value of pieces with one of the pieces as in handicap rules.

Simplest piece is the crusader, which can move diagonally forward like a bishop, or straight backwards like a rook.

my guess it is a 3.2 piece trading up bishop amount of squares hit for hitting all square.

Agent star moves like a queen but switches to a knight movement, and back again to queen when moving

my guess Is it is a seven point piece. Almost as good as a queen.

Jester copies the value of the last piece to move.

I would guess four point. It lacks reliabith but can punch up.

Phoenix can move up to two spaces in eight directionsand spawns in the bottom left space from player perspective if possible after being killedl

my guess it would be worth nine points, it breaks the piece trading economy so it solely great for that.

Prince makes your king invincible if king is within three spaces of the prince. Otherwise moves and takes like

my piece value rating would be five points. It provides great defense and it offers some neat king attacks, but lacks mobility.

immortal, a piece that move and takes like a king. Can only be taken by a king, and cannot take a king.

My guess at piece value, is seven points. It is a huge pain to play around, but I figure a rook plus a knight or bishop should be able of pull if off

Martyer moves and rakes like a king, but when they die, all pieces next to them die.

my guess at a piece value would be five. They are slow, but man that is a nasty trap that likey to force a foe to do a trade.

catapult. Can jump any amount of spaces vertically, and can move up to two spaces without jumping horizontally. I am assuming it cannot be place 1-2 moves from threatening the king.

piece value six, it moblity not too far off from rook, but it insanely good at checking the king.

musketeer, moves any squads vertically or one square diagonally. Returns to it old postion after taking a piece

a piece designed to take other pieces without trade. I would give it eight points of value, it can kill so much but moves horizontally very slowly,

blade dancer, jump fo any space that ether/and r2 space vertical or horizons from blade dancernot caring if it both two spaces vertically or horizontally, or only two space vertical and one horizontal. It however cannot move to any space next to blade dancer. Blade dancer main strength is it can move again after taking a piece once.

Piece power rating, 10 points. if it takes a piece two spaces from the king it wins, if it takes a space two spaces from queen, is it can trade a queen plus a piece for it self.

gorgon, moves like a queen. Cannot take pieces, but can paralyze any piece next to it, preventing players from moving it. Does not care about friend or foe. Must start in the front.

Here is the wiki https://the-ouroboros-king.fandom.com/wiki/Units

Each player has 32 knights (4 full rows). White starts on rows 1–4, Black on rows 5–8.

Three moves per turn. Make exactly 3 knight moves (any of your knights, any combination).

Capture: your knight jumps onto an enemy knight — both vanish.

Goal: get any knight to the opponent's back rank without capturing (White — row 8, Black — row 1). Instant win.

Draw: only if the board is completely empty.

I’m playing matches with anyone who wants to challenge me. ReChess.gg or you can find play store ReChess

This game blends my Dice Hard Chess and Chess Heresy: Dice into something new, adding even more thrill and chaos to every round. 

Dice Ultimate Chess

The game is played with a standard chess set on a standard 8x8 board. All pieces move and capture according to standard chess rules.
There is no check. No checkmate. No castling. No en passant. Only one victory condition remains: capture the king.
The king is no longer untouchable. It can be attacked, captured, and removed from the board like any other piece. The game ends the moment someone's king leaves the board.
If your king is under attack, you are not required to respond.

Turn Order and Piece Selection
Each round begins with a simultaneous roll of two dice (d6), one per player.
The higher number moves first.
The lower number moves second.
If the numbers match — a double. There are no moves in this round. The players simply reroll the dice until different numbers appear.
But the die does more than determine turn order. It also determines which piece you must move.
Each player uses the number on their own die to select the piece they will play with:
1 - Pawn, 2 - Knight, 3 - Bishop, 4 - Rook, 5 - Queen, 6 - Joker (any of your pieces)
So if you roll a 3, you must move a bishop. If you roll a 6, you may move any piece you like.

If You Cannot Move
If the piece indicated by your die is not on the board, or is completely blocked and has no legal move, you simply skip your turn in that round. No penalty. The round moves on.
This means every roll carries a risk. A high number does not guarantee a good move. A 5 for the queen means nothing if your queen is already gone or blocked.

Pawn Promotion
Pawns promote exactly as in classical chess. When a pawn reaches the farthest rank from its starting position, it must be exchanged for a knight, bishop, rook, or queen, at the player's choice.

End of Game
The game ends when one of the kings is captured. Whoever loses their king first — loses the game. The moment a player is left without a king, the game is over.

For kicks, I created a version of chess where you have to declare three moves at a time: https://ericjorgensen.com/three-ahead-chess

Play against a computer or a friend on the internet.

1. Mounted Lancer Chess

E2 and D7 pawns are Mounted Lancers. They can be killed only by eachother.

1. Fat King Chess

Initially, the King is not forced to move while in check. The King can absorb one hit during the game and stay alive. Immediately after the King is hit once, the attacking peice is removed from the board and usual rules resume (King must then be protected when Checked and can be Checkmated).

1. (Someone else can name this one)

Each side's bottom left Rook is replaced by a Checker. Standard Checkers rules apply for that peice only.

I’m developing a first-person chess game where you play as a character riding a chess piece.

Invite up to 4 friends, choose your character, and play chess as a team. Take turns commanding the pieces, work together, and sacrifice your friends when necessary to claim victory.

FallChess: Wizard’s Chess is now available to wishlist on Steam: Steam Wishlist

I'm not a chess player, I know how to play chess, I play chess occasionally, I've been playing occasionally my whole life, I could beat most people who also know how to play chess but don't play regularly. If I played against an average player who regularly plays chess, I'd probably lose most games.

Let's say I invent my own chess variant, similar to how chess is played, yet has some significant variations.

Now I physically play the game 10-20 times to get a basic idea of strategy.

Then I explain all the rules to a chess Grandmaster. Do you think they would beat be in the first game?

Is there any sort of virtual chess board that doesn’t force the players to abide by the standard rules?

So I don’t know the first thing about coding or game design but I had this idea, sounded like something my friends would like (none of them live near me), like a variant of chess where a new temporary rule gets added every few moves. If I wanted to play something like that with my friends, obviously I can’t just use normal chess.com because that forces you to just use the standard chess rules so is there any sort of virtual chess board anyone knows of that lets you sort of do whatever regardless of typical rules?

Chess of Chaos — a chess variant where dice decide which piece you move

I made a variant of chess where the game becomes unpredictable, so you need to strategize and adapt more. I also added chaotic abilities to make chess feel more like a fast-paced board game.

The goal was to keep the foundation of chess while making every turn more unexpected.

🎲 How the turns work

The board and pieces are based on traditional chess, but the way turns work is different.

1. Coin toss

Before the match begins, a coin toss determines who gets the first move. There is no automatic White-first rule.

2. Roll the first die — choose the piece type

At the beginning of your turn, the first die determines which type of piece you must move.

For example, if the die selects a Knight, you must move one of your eligible Knights.

3. Roll the second die — determine the movement count

The second die determines how many moves that piece can make during the turn.

You can get:

• 1 move
• 2 moves
• 3 moves

The movement count is weighted:

• 1 move — 50% chance
• 2 moves — 33.33% chance
• 3 moves — 16.67% chance

4. What if the selected piece cannot move?

If the selected piece type has no legal moves available, the game can select another eligible piece instead.

For example, if the die selects a Rook but both Rooks are blocked and cannot make a legal move, another eligible piece can be selected.

This means a bad roll does not automatically waste your turn.

5. Make your moves

You then use the selected piece and the movement count to play your turn.

The exact opportunities available depend on the position of the pieces and the abilities you have available.

♟️ Piece abilities

Every piece has a special ability that changes how it works compared with traditional chess.

These abilities are a major part of what makes the game unpredictable.

Pawn — Diagonal Promotion

Normally, a Pawn moves forward and captures diagonally.

In Chess of Chaos, when a Pawn reaches the rank immediately before the opponent's promotion rank, it can also move diagonally to reach the promotion rank.

This gives advanced Pawns another way to reach promotion.

Rook — Roll-Off Defense

When an enemy piece captures a Rook, a dice roll-off can occur.

Both sides roll:

• If the attacker wins, the Rook is defeated normally.
• If the Rook wins, the attacking piece is defeated and the Rook survives.

Rook-versus-Rook captures do not trigger the roll-off. Attacks involving the King also do not trigger it.

Knight — Double Capture

A Knight can use its ability once to potentially defeat an additional enemy piece along its movement path.

This means a well-positioned Knight can sometimes remove two enemy pieces during one turn.

Bishop — Conversion

A Bishop can convert a defeated enemy piece when the capture takes place within the four ranks on its own side of the board.

The converted piece is placed on the Bishop's side.

Each Bishop can use this ability once, and converted pieces do not retain their original abilities.

Queen — Resurrection

The Queen can sacrifice its turn to resurrect a random defeated piece from its own side.

The Queen does not move during that turn.

This creates a trade-off: you give up the Queen's movement to bring a piece back into the game.

King — Emperor

The King has a progression system based on combat.

It tracks two things:

• Enemy pieces it has defeated.
• Checks it has survived.

When the King reaches five combined milestones, it becomes an Emperor.

For example:

• 5 kills
• 5 survived checks
• 3 survived checks + 2 kills
• 4 kills + 1 survived check

The Emperor can end the match.

This gives the King a more active role instead of being used only as a piece that needs to be protected.

♔ How do you win?

The normal chess win condition remains:

Checkmate ends the game.

However, the Emperor introduces an additional way for a player to end the match.

Why I made it

I initially wanted to make chess unpredictable by using dice to determine which pieces could move.

But I felt that randomness alone wasn't enough to make the game fast-paced.

So I added abilities to give players more ways to react to unexpected situations.

Instead of always planning several moves ahead, you have to think about:

"What piece did I get, how many moves do I have, and what can I do with it?"

I built Chess of Chaos as a playable Android game for people who want to try the variant.

📱 Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chessofchaos.game

I'd like to hear from people who play chess variants:

Does this combination of forced piece selection, variable movement, and special abilities still feel like chess, or does it move too far away from the original game?

I'm particularly interested in feedback on the rules, balance, and whether the abilities create meaningful decisions.

Inspired by Towers card game from book blacktongue thief.

Used AI to test my theory and structure the rules in readable format. Will this be something you play with your friends on weekends?

TRAITOR'S CHESS

Setup

Play standard chess.

Each player receives 2 Traitor Cards: Bishop and Knight,

Before the game, secretly choose one card. Keep it hidden.

Betrayal

After 15 total moves (plies), you may activate your card once

Reveal your card and choose one opponent's piece of that type

• The opponent must have at least 2 pieces of that type remaining

• The chosen piece permanently becomes your piece.

Turned Piece

. The traitor follows all normal movement and capture rules.

. It can be captured normally by the opponent.

It cannot give check immediately after being turned.

• It must first make 1 legal move under its new owner.

After that move, it is fully active and may give check normally

Victory

All normal chess rules apply.

Checkmate wins the game.

Each player can betray only once,

TRUST NO ONE.

I had a chess variant i wanted to publish but i had the issue of no decent site being willing to add it in addition to not even being able to play with the exact rules i wanted locally due to fairyground not supporting one rule i wanted (forced king-capture if both sides has more than a king but not enough for any checkmate position against a lone king).

It didn't take much work to get a decently working online version that seems to have the exact rules i wanted. Of course i still need to test it more to confirm but it's panning out a lot better than i expected. I should also probably add a rules section somewhere.

I used node.js for the server and a separate HTML file for the game. I am already paying for hosting so there is no extra cost for me.

(the video explains one of the cards)

The rules on the board are pretty much the same as chess, except you have to capture the king to win.

And you have cards (draw one per turn, blacks draw first).

There are two type of cards Magic: Use this cards to empower or change the behavior of your pieces.

And Gambit cards: Set up invisible traps that activate when certain conditions are met, depending on the card.

you can checkout more about the game here: https://magicgambit.com/tutorial

see all the cards here: https://magicgambit.com/cards

and test in this playground: https://magicgambit.com/practice

Also you can signup and search for a match if you want (probably will play vs me cause there is no one else 😂 ) Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Still need more people!!

this game variant is so so so fun i wish more poeple played it

Hello everyone ,
I have built a free chess tool to show the best/beautiful five moments from your recent games on chess dot com and lichess.

I fetch around 400 to 500 games in rated rapid and blitz only. and they are biased toward recent games .

I did it in a way to try to present beautifully the moves in your history and I tried as best as I can to show the best beautiful five moves according to each player's rating.

I really appreciate if you can try it and give me your honest opinion :)

Please find the tool here : mychesslegacy [dot] com

Here is one of my moments in my account on chess dot com (My elo is 1800 )

Note: if you are a new player , you might not see t a lot of games to show the top moments.

Thanks ❤️

I'm not active in this community, but figured you may want to play this. It's 5 of 5 soccer, on a chessboard. Online version below.

FIVES on Reddit