This game gets its name from the fact that it mirrors the eastern 5 files from standard chess onto its western 5 files creating a symmetrical opening setup. It is unusual in having two royal pieces per player. As a game-ending condition, they are royal on an extinction basis.
There are variants with 5 types of pawns: 2-step pawns (standard), 1-step pawns, ortho pawns, lateral pawns and horizon pawns (convertible to 3-direction advance pawns).
There are variants with 2 types of move orders: white-black (standard) and white-black-black-white.
There are 20 variants total distributed in 2 game rules files (*.zrf). The mirror-e-no.zrf is for variants without self-captures allowed. The mirror-e-yes.zrf is for variants with self-captures allowed.
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