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Time Control

Fairy Chess Builder

1. Board Size

Cols Rows

2. Define Pieces

3. Win Conditions

⬜ White wins by:

⬛ Black wins by:

⚠️ "Final score" requires piece values. Enable Manual piece values in Special Rules and assign a centipawn value to every piece.

4. Special Rules

Chess rules

En passant Castling Pawn promotion

Capture rules

Sandwich captures

Pieces with "Sandwich" capture style are only removed when flanked — not by displacement. Players choose which eligible pieces to capture after each move.

Deployment mechanics

Drop pieces

Captured pieces can be redeployed by the capturing player. Configure per-piece in the Drop editor tab.

Parachute pieces

Pieces spawn from a supply (configured per-piece in the Parachute editor tab).

AI / evaluation

Manual piece values

Assign a centipawn value to each piece (100 = 1 pawn). Used by AI opponents to evaluate positions.

5. Variant Details

Board Layout

⚡ Event Tiles

Movement Editor

Select a piece to edit its movement

Click any cell — piece slides infinitely in that direction until blocked.

Move+Capture Move only
Capture only Clear

Pieces can be redeployed when captured

Relative to:

Anchor piece:

ℹ️ Positions are mirrored automatically — selecting the bottom row gives each player their own back rank.

Drop zones only (override pattern with event squares)

— Supply —

Starting: (blank = infinite)

Gain per event:

+per enemy piece you capture +per piece enemy captures from you +per piece that escapes the board +per enemy drop deployment +per enemy parachute spawn

Fractions allowed, e.g. "1/3" earns 1 per every 3 events

— or add movement rule by equation —

Move+Cap Move Capture

Δx x per y ↑ Δy y per x ↑

↑ up to 0 = infinite slide · set n and N both to 0 to skip a row

Royal piece (triggers check)

Capture style

Must be flanked by enemy piece(s) to be captured

Piece value (centipawns)

100 = pawn · 300 = bishop/knight · 500 = rook · 900 = queen

Can Promote

Promotes to:

Fairy Chess Variants

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Pick one light square and one dark square of the same tier — buy both together at a discount.

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Premium matched sets — light and dark squares designed together as a single board.

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