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Shatranj al-Jawarhiya (Limb chess)
Ruleset: Shatranj al-Jawarhiya (Ludii 1)

Game

See the game Shatranj al-Jawarhiya for more details.

Period(s)

Medieval

Summary

Reconstructed with Ludii

Rules

The game Shatranj al-Jawarhiya is played by two players on a 8x7 rectangle board with square tiling.
Regions:
Promotion: the top sites of the board for P1
Promotion: the bottom sites of the board for P2
All players play with Pawns, Rooks, KingnoCrosses, BishopnoCrosses, Knights and FerznoCrosses.
Rules for Pieces:
BishopnoCrosses hop diagonal.
FerznoCrosses remove pieces at to then step diagonal.
KingnoCrosses if there is an enemy Player at to, remove pieces at to then step adjacent.
Knights leap a piece to not is a friend.
Pawns step forward or remove pieces at to then step forward-right or forward-left if the to location of the last move is in Promotion or Promotion, move again.
Rooks slide from the location of the piece in the orthogonal direction through [between] is in the set of empty cells.
Players take turns moving.
Setup:
Place a Pawn for player one at each cell of the 1 row.
Place a Pawn for player two at each cell of the 6 row.
Place a Rook for player one on sites: A1 and G1.
Place a Knight for player one on site and B1.
Place a BishopnoCross for player one on sites: C1 and F1.
Place a FerznoCross for player one on site D1.
Place a KingnoCross for player one on site E1.
Place a Rook for player two on sites: A8 and G8.
Place a Knight for player two on site and F8.
Place a BishopnoCross for player two on sites: B8 and E8.
Place a FerznoCross for player two on site C8.
Place a KingnoCross for player two on site D8..
Rules:
If in the same turn, a piece of the moving player the to location of the last move, this piece can promote into FerznoCross, else move one of your pieces.
Aim:
If KingnoCross of the next player is threatened and not can move move one of your pieces, the moving player wins If the number of pieces owned by Player the next player is equal to 1, the moving player wins If the next player cannot move, the moving player wins.

Reconstruction Details

Combined Score: 0.949
Cultural Score: 0.924
Conceptual Score: 0.849

Geographical Score: 0.974 (~520km)

Based on:
1. Shatranj / Shatranj 2. Shatranj / Shatranj

Can also be based on:
1) 1. Shatranj / Shatranj 2. Medieval Chess / Medieval Chess
2) 1. Medieval Chess / Medieval Chess 2. Medieval Chess / Medieval Chess

Concepts

Browse all concepts for Shatranj al-Jawarhiya (Ludii 1) here.

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Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.3865

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