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xodul is a tactical and strategy game, which is a variant of chess...
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>> the rules of xodul follow the rules of international chess, except in the movement of the additional pieces and the promotion of pawns [and that there is neither castle nor en passant].
initial setup
the initial setup of the xodul game is as indicated in the following figure:
- the bottom pieces from left to right are: the car, the knight, the bishop, the queen, the king, the wizard, the guard, the lance, and the cannon. The game is played in a board with 8x9 lines & columns.
the pieces
in the xodul…
there are some pieces equal in name and movement to the international chess [the knight, the bishop, the queen and the king];
there are two pieces equal in name and movement to those of chinese chess /xiang-qi [the car and the cannon; note that the movement of the car is equal to the movement of the rook piece of international chess];
there are two pieces with repeated names of chinese /xiang-qi chess and japanese chess /shogi, but with original movements [the guard and the lance, respectively];
there is a totally original piece [the wizard];
and finally, there are the pawns, whose normal movement is the same as they have in international chess, but whose promotion in this game is made accordingly to original rules.
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the car moves along lines or columns, the desired number of squares. |
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the knight moves in the form of the capital letter “L”, jumping over the pieces with its movement, if the player wants that. |
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the bishop moves along diagonal directions, the desired number of squares. |
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the queen moves along lines, columns or diagonals, any number of squares. |
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the king moves one square in any direction. |
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the
wizard has two options: |
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the
guard has two options: |
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the
lance has two types of movement: |
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the cannon has a normal movement equal to the car's movement; however, when it is going to make a capture it must jump over one, and only one, other piece of any colour. |
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the pawn's normal movement is to move one square to the front if that square is empty; in its first move, it has the option of moving two squares to the front; in another hand, its capture movement is to move one square in diagonal to the front. |
promotion
of pawns
at any phase of the game, instead of doing a normal move, the player can promote any of its pawns by replacing it with a captured piece (along the game, that can be done the number of times the player wants, while having pawns);
if a pawn reaches the last line it is converted into a “general”, which can move one square to the front or one square in any diagonal.
- this game was invented by Sílvia M.G. Rodrigues, since the academic year 2010/2011 until december 20th, 2017.
Xodul is a tactical and strategy game, which is a variant of chess. This game is inspired on international chess, chinese chess (xiang-qi), and japanese chess (shogi).
In particular, xodul has 10 different pieces from each other: car, knight, bishop, queen, king, wizard, guard, lance, cannon and pawns; moreover, the promotion of pawns can be made accordingly to a different rule: a piece captured by one of the players can return to the game through the promotion of one of the pawns; therefore, the pieces can change their colour.
This game was invented by Sílvia M.G. Rodrigues, since the academic year 2010/2011 until december 20th, 2017.