Shatranj al-Jawarhiya
(Limb chess)
Ruleset:
Shatranj al-Jawarhiya (Ludii 8)
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 KingnoCrosses, FerznoCrosses, Elephants, Knights, Rooks and Pawns.
Rules for Pieces:
Elephants hop diagonal.
FerznoCrosses remove pieces at to then step diagonal or if not 1 is equal to State at the location of the piece, hop adjacent if not 1 is equal to State at the to location of the last move, set the state of the Cell the to location of the last move to 1.
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, a piece of the moving player the to location of the last move, this piece can promote into FerznoCross.
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 site and G1.
Place a Knight for player one on sites: A1 and F1.
Place a Elephant for player one on sites: B1 and E1.
Place a FerznoCross for player one on site C1.
Place a KingnoCross for player one on site D1.
Place a Rook for player two on site and A8.
Place a Knight for player two on sites: B8 and G8.
Place a Elephant for player two on sites: C8 and F8.
Place a FerznoCross for player two on site D8.
Place a KingnoCross for player two on site E8..
Rules:
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 moving player cannot move, the moving player loses.
Reconstruction Details
Combined Score: 0.857
Cultural Score: 0.789
Conceptual Score: 0.801
Geographical Score: 0.926 (~1480km)
Based on:
1. Shatranj (Turkey)
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Shatranj (Turkey)
2. Shatranj (Iraq)
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British Museum
Can also be based on:
1)
1. Shatranj (Turkey)
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Shatranj (Turkey)
2. Shatranj (Turkey)
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Shatranj (Turkey)
Concepts
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Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.3872
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