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Tricky Chess

Tricky Chess

(Web published) · 2014
40 min0+ yrs3.0/5 complexity6.5 BGG5KidsStrategy
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Tricky Chess is a partnership trick-taking chess game for The King's Caste deck / game system. Through successive rounds comprising recruitment, deployment, and mobilization, each team tries to eliminate the other's two kings.

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Tricky Chess is a partnership trick-taking chess game for The King's Caste deck / game system. Through successive rounds comprising recruitment, deployment, and mobilization, each team tries to eliminate the other's two kings.

Recruitment is done through trick-taking. The card that wins the trick goes to the respective player's deployment zone, regardless of who won the trick!

After the hand is played out, players Deploy their units to the board.

Next, the teams play chess against one another with the units available, until four units are eliminated, at which point a new round starts, after a little preparation for the new round.

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Complexity3.0 / 5
BGG rating6.5 / 10
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KidsStrategy
Play time
0 min
Players
4
Recommended age
0+ yrs

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Tricky Chess is a abstract strategy game, for 4 players, taking ~0 minutes, featuring grid movement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Tricky Chess — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Tricky Chess support?
Tricky Chess is played by 4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Tricky Chess take?
A game of Tricky Chess takes about 0 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Tricky Chess for?
Tricky Chess is recommended from age 0.
Q7How complex is Tricky Chess?
Tricky Chess has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.0 out of 5.
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