Jun 16, 2021 3:53 pm
Upper
Sylph (S)
On level 3:
can move one step diagonally forward, or capture one step straight forward;
can capture on the square directly below on level 2.
On level 2:
can move to the square directly above on level 3, or to one of the player's six Sylph starting squares.
Griffon (G)
On level 3:
can move and capture by jumping in the following pattern: two steps diagonally followed by one step orthogonally outward;[c]
can move and capture one step triagonally to level 2.
On level 2:
can move and capture one step diagonally;
can move and capture one step triagonally to level 3.[e]
Dragon (R)
can move and capture as a chess king+bishop on level 3;[f]
can capture remotely (without leaving level 3) on the square directly below on level 2, or on any square orthogonally adjacent to that square.
Middle
Warrior (W)
can move and capture like a chess pawn on level 2 but without the initial two-step option;
promotes to Hero when reaching the furthest rank.
Oliphant (O)
can move and capture like a chess rook on level 2.
Unicorn (U)
can move and capture like a chess knight on level 2.
Hero (H)
On level 2:
can move and capture one or two unblockable steps diagonally;
can move and capture one step triagonally to levels 1 or 3.[e][d]
On levels 1 and 3:
can move and capture back to the square on level 2 the Hero previously left.[e][d]
Thief (T)
can move and capture like a chess bishop on level 2.
Cleric (C)
On any level:
can move and capture like a chess king;
can move and capture to the square directly above or directly below on an adjacent level.
Mage (M)
On level 2:
can move and capture like a chess queen.
On levels 1 and 3:
can move one step orthogonally.[g]
On any level:
can move and capture one or two steps (blockable) directly above or directly below to one of the other levels.[h]
King (K)
On level 2:
can move and capture like a chess king;
can move and capture to the square directly below on level 1 or directly above on level 3.
On levels 1 and 3:
can move to (only) the same square on level 2 the King previously left.[g]
Paladin (P)
On level 2:
can move and capture as a chess king+knight.
On levels 1 and 3:
can move and capture like a chess king.
On any level:
can move to the other levels using a knight-like move: one level up or down followed by two steps orthogonally, or two levels up or down followed by one step orthogonally.
Lower
Dwarf (D)
On level 1:
can move one step straight forward or sideways, or capture one step diagonally forward;
can capture on the square directly above on level 2.
On level 2:
can move one step straight forward or sideways, or capture one step diagonally forward;
can move to the square directly below on level 1.
Basilisk (B)
can move and capture one step diagonally forward or straight forward on level 1, or move one step straight backward;
automatically freezes (immobilizes) an enemy piece on the square directly above on level 2, whether the Basilisk moves to the space below or the enemy moves to the space above, and until the Basilisk moves away or is captured.
Elemental (E)
On level 1:
can move and capture one or two steps orthogonally;[h]
can move one step diagonally;
can capture in the following pattern: one step orthogonally followed by the square directly above on level 2.[h]
On level 2:
can move and capture in the following pattern: the square directly below on level 1 followed by one step orthogonally.
If your still Interested and don't understand the piece movements you can check them out here
last of course as this wouldn't be much use without a way to play is Notation, Pieces are labeled as the Letter in Quotes above and each level is also given a letter
U,M,L respectively you start with the current location of the piece so if as a first move I were to send the white dragon one step left I would Abbreviate as follows:
Level: U
Leter: r
Number: 1
Piece R
Ur1R to location: Ur1R, Uf1R
