How to play

Rules

One marker each: Every player has a single marker on a normal 8×8 board. Two to six players share the board.
A safe start: Start squares are chosen so that no piece could reach another player on the first turn, whatever is drawn.
Draw, then move: On your turn you draw a random piece: pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen or king. You move as that piece once.
Capture to eliminate: Moving onto another player captures them and they are out. Sliding pieces are blocked by other markers.
Your pawn has a direction: Each player faces one edge of the board. A pawn moves one square toward it and captures one square diagonally forward. Pawns never move backwards and never jump two.
The far edge: If your turn starts on the last square in your direction, you may move as any piece that turn instead of the one drawn.
No move, no turn: If the drawn piece cannot move, the turn passes.
Quiet games end: If 30 full rounds pass without a capture, the game ends and everyone still standing shares first place.
Online timing: You have 45 seconds per turn. Missing two turns in a row eliminates you. If you drop out, your seat is held for 60 seconds.

Ranked

Points per placement

1st: 10 · 2nd: 6 · 3rd: 4 · 4th: 2 · 5th: 1 · 6th: 0. Points are never taken away. Shared places split the points of the places they hold.