King of the Hill chess

Not the two-player variant where you walk your king to the centre: this one is a brawl for three or four armies. Pieces that fall come back three bells later, so the hill never goes quiet.

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How it plays

1. Hold the hill. Most pieces on the four glowing squares scores after every bell.
2. Orders on the bell. Tap a piece, then a square: it moves on the bell.
3. Win. First to 15 points. A king counts two, but losing it costs three.

The details

Four corners

Every army starts in a corner: a king, two knights, a bishop and two rooks. A bell rings every 3 seconds; orders land in fair turns.

Two for one square

Orders land one at a time in an order the dice shuffle, never by who tapped first. The first to land moves in; the next one takes it there if it can, or stays put.

Scoring

One point a bell, two if nobody else is up there. Level at the top, nobody scores. Points only ever stack.

Back up

A piece taken comes back to its corner three bells later, a king too. After 90 bells the most points wins.

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