Emperor of China is a Chess & Halma mixed game.
Goal : move all your pieces into the opponent's starting position first and win OR capture the opponent's emperor.
Moves : players take turns, moving a single piece at a time. A piece may move in one of two ways. - It may shift to an adjacent position, or
- It may leap over an adjacent piece (of either color) to the opposite, unoccupied position. A leaping piece may continue to leap over other pieces until there are no more pieces to leap over or the player decides to stop. To stop leaping prematurely, select `Pass Move` from the menus or the toolbar.
Directions of shift and leap vary for each type of piece (Rooks for instance move orthogonaly).
Captures : a piece can capture any opponent's piece by shifting to an occupied adjacent position or ending a leap on an occupied position.
Warnings : An Emperor cannot move backward. You should not let him leading your attack ! Emperor of China is a paradoxal game and you will have to answer to the question : How many pieces can I accept to lose ?
The original game is played on a 9*9 board. Playing the 8*8 variant makes the game more like Chess. Playing the 10*10 variant makes it more like Halma. |
