Dragon Chess
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My Dragon Chess game arrived today, and I eagerly tore into the packaging.
The key to this variant chess set are the dragon pieces. They move as a Queen, but only up to three spaces. Handy yes, overly powerful, no, so that is nice.
The game is played on a 10×10 …
How do you improve one of the world’s oldest and most popular games? Enter…the Dragon!
The new player – called the Dragon – is second in power to the Queen and sits on the far side of each Castle. Like the Queen, the Dragon may move in any direction but advances up to three squares at a time in line. All other players remain in their traditional positions with their normal powers.
The extra piece expands the traditional chessboard from 64 to 100 squares, with additional fields of 12 squares flanking each side. Four extra pawns guard the Dragons at the set-up.
The Dragon moves and captures on the rank (horizontally), file (vertically) and diagonally, over unoccupied squares and limited to three squares in line.
According to designer Lex Parker, Dragon Chess represents the next evolution of chess, which has undergone numerous changes since its birth in India in the 6th century. The modern chess played today was invented just 500 years ago, when more power was allotted to the Queen and Bishop.
