Created by Peter Stobbe for the 41-squares chess variant design contest.
email comments to: pgs@ugcs.caltech.edu.
 
Game goal: You win when your opponent has no commanders left.
 
General rules:
Movement is always along the lines on the board. You may capture your own pieces.
Any piece that reaches your opponent's back row transforms to a Slicer.
 
Brief description of pieces (view piece properties for more detail):

• DROID: Moves forward to an empty node, or captures sideways or backwards. Transforms to HAWK after moving.
• HAWK: Moves forward to an empty node, or captures in any direction by jumping, approaching or withdrawing. Transforms to DROID after moving.
• FACTOR: Moves forward to an empty node, leaving behind a DROID or HAWK. Or transforms without moving to a DROID or HAWK.
• COMMANDER: Moves forward to an empty node, leaving behind a FACTOR or BRUTE. Or transforms without moving to a FACTOR or BRUTE.
• BRUTE: Captures by moving onto a piece one or two nodes away, in any direction(s). May not move without capturing.
• SLICER: Moves any number of nodes in any direction, capturing all pieces along the way. May not move without capturing.