How to play Faerie Chess

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Learn the rules to Faerie Chess quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. For a refresher of the original Chess rules, check out this video: • How to play Chess (202...
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0:00 - Objective
0:15 - Pieces & Point Cost
0:35 - Ranks
1:03 - Setup
1:19 - Stalemate
1:34 - Castling Rules
1:53 - Moving vs Jumping
2:09 - New Pieces
5:23 - Regent
5:54 - Mercenary
RULES:
The rules are the same as regular chess except for these changes. For a refresher of those rules, check out this video. Before beginning, determine the point total for the armies players will build. Beginners should use 60 to 65 points; intermediate is 65-70 points, and advanced is 75 points. Each piece has a reference card that has all the rules for that piece. Each piece’s point cost is indicated here. You can mix and match pieces, adding up their total point cost to customize your army so that it falls within the range for the predetermined totals. Players do not need to have an identical army to their opponent.
Each piece has a rank indicator on its reference card indicated by 1, 2, or 3 dots here. This rank indicator determines where that piece can be placed on the board when building armies. Rank 1 is your second row where pawns traditionally start. Rank 2 is the 6 outermost squares on your back row. Rank 3, also called royalty ranked, is the centermost two squares on your back row where your king and queen traditionally start.
Pieces may be placed or rearranged on any space in its correct rank. You are allowed to have empty spaces in your starting positions if you want. Once both players have finished constructing their armies and placing them, the game begins. If the game ends in a stalemate; then each player adds up the stalemate value from each of their remaining pieces as indicated on the reference card here. Then the player with the highest stalemate score, wins. You are still allowed to castle even when the pieces are rearranged. To do so, move the king 2 spaces towards the castling piece then move the castling piece to the other side of the king. All other castling rules still apply.
Unless otherwise specified, the new pieces capture the first piece they move into. Moving multiple spaces means to pass through each space in the movement while “jumping” means to move over any pieces in the way. Unless otherwise specified, moving and jumping is always in a straight line. The new pieces are as follows:
Peasant. Rank 1. Cost 2. Moves 1 space diagonally forward and captures 1 space directly in front. It may not move backwards. May move 2 spaces in a straight line on its first move. Can promote at the 8th row like a pawn can.
Soldier. Rank 1. Cost 3. Moves 1 space in any direction.
Herald. Rank 2. Cost 6. Moves horizontally or vertically exactly 2 spaces. The herald cannot capture. All adjacent pieces to the herald of both players cannot move. The game ends in a stalemate if the herald is adjacent to the enemy king. The herald begins the game on the outside most space of your 2nd row, moving that pawn to the adjacent 1st row corner space.
Tower. Rank 2. Cost 10. Moves any number of spaces horizontally or vertically; or can move 1 square diagonally. The Tower may castle.
Chamberlain. Rank 2. Cost 6. Jumps 2 spaces horizontally or vertically. Captures 1 space diagonally. The chamberlain may swap positions with a rank 3 piece if both pieces occupy the same row and there are no other pieces in between them.
Thief. Rank 2. Cost 5. Jumps 2 spaces horizontally, vertically or diagonally, and captures the following space in the same direction but it does not move to that space upon capture.
Lancer. Rank 2. Cost 5. Jumps 3 spaces horizontally or vertically, then 1 space at a 90 degree angle from that one, like a taller version of the “L” movement from the knight.
Catapult. Rank 2. Cost 3. Jumps 3 spaces horizontally or vertically.
Inquisitor. Rank 2. Cost 8. Moves 2 spaces horizontally or vertically or 1 space diagonally. The Inquisitor cannot capture. All adjacent enemy pieces to the Inquisitor cannot move. The game ends in a stalemate if the Inquisitor is adjacent to the enemy king.
Pontiff. Rank 2. Cost 8. Moves any number of squares diagonally and may bounce off of the board boundaries at a right angle and continue moving. It may not end a turn moving to the same space it started the turn on...

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@teamcyeborg 2 жыл бұрын

I love this, the potential of building broken combos like a deckbuilder but WITH CHESS

@mill2712 2 жыл бұрын

Building broken combos? That's a term I'd expect from the fighting game community not the chess community.

@rubyleehs4465 2 жыл бұрын

you may like chess evolved online then.

@discussedbalkanslav7828 2 жыл бұрын

@@mill2712 have you heard about an primordial game called Yu GI Oh?

@WaageAarau 2 жыл бұрын

There's a flash game called Chess evolved which builds exactly on this idea dunno if its still running but when i played, it was fun... but tough to learn all the pieces and their movements as there're a lot

@feritperliare2890 2 жыл бұрын

@@WaageAarau good thing the game shows what the new move has changed with lines for protection or attacks

@wbl_unlimited 2 жыл бұрын

My brain melted about the time he got to Herald.

@-ej-strategist9294 2 жыл бұрын

Basically a must have piece

@numericalnumbers9279 2 жыл бұрын

You're so right, I lost it right then.

@laryien 2 жыл бұрын

Herald… a deadly card in duels

@pinguin4898 2 жыл бұрын

too bad, when a fae challenged you to chess, you will need it

@anonymousconundrum3191 2 жыл бұрын

Really? It lasted that long?

@jan_harald 2 жыл бұрын

the jester seems like an interesting concept... like a wild blocker who'll just get in front of offending pieces and be annoying, useful to bait the opponent into using their freezer unit to hold that in place... and the one that bounces off the walls seems amazing, and sorta forces people to enforce their sidelines, and especially interesting with the mercenary, as it'd be rather easy to forget that it could bounce off half the board, so "nothing's anywhere close enough nor has a direct line of sight" doesn't even apply

@Bryan-br8lq Жыл бұрын

Like a duck but, it moves like a queen and can't jump over other pieces.

@seantaggart7382 Жыл бұрын

Kinda like a jester

@joey5745 8 ай бұрын

I feel like the best way to counter the Jester is to jump over it,

@Nemchick 3 ай бұрын

No jester is horrible, you just wasting moves threatening nothing.

@jan_harald 3 ай бұрын

@@Nemchickthat's the beauty of it ;) it threatens you with time waste, not losing

@jenswurm 2 жыл бұрын

Thief seems OP. Being able to capture without moving into that place makes things a lot more complicated for the other player, at the low cost of five points.

@AM-we1es 2 жыл бұрын

It's very specific though in that you need the opponent's piece to be *exactly* three tiles away.

@EDoyl 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if a piece is attacked by a thief, to defend you have to separately defend the thief's eventual square for that attack, even if the piece was already defended normally. That might not even be possible and if it is then they can simply not capture, and instead exploit whatever weakness was created by the defending move.

@rosebrigade 2 жыл бұрын

Thief doesn't seem that bad, but I feel like Mercenary would be one of those pieces no one really wants to use? Who wants to put a piece on their team that can only be controlled by the enemy.

@Trailerparkpimpin1 Жыл бұрын

I think the regent is op because if your queen is captured then you pretty much become un checkmatable

@ApusApus Жыл бұрын

@@rosebrigade I think the mercenary can be controlled by the team that has the merc in check, independent of color.

@s-c-goodwill 2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered why there were never any variations on chess. Or radical ideas. Yet now I understand. Changing chess is like reinventing the wheel. This seems to make it crazy complicated. It's almost an entirely new game.

@Danny-gs5dv 2 жыл бұрын

Prime example of why different isn't better. A lot of the new pieces just mess with the flow of chess too much and deviate it away from the strategic nature of the game. Too many possible moves with the different pieces means that you can't really master the game like you can with chess.

@hy7864 2 жыл бұрын

Wdym by "there were never any variations on chess"?

@s-c-goodwill 2 жыл бұрын

@@hy7864 I meant in the form of exposure. I guess my phrasing is off in a sense. But I never saw any or heard from anyone about any variations.

@Aim54Delta 2 жыл бұрын

There have been attempts at creating variations on chess. They all run into similar problems. New pieces tend to be rather gimmicky in their rules and either add too much complexity or break the balance of the existing pieces. Extending the board in any given dimension and adding filler pieces doesn't really change the game enough to justify it becoming a new standard. Doing both tends to shake up the game so much that taking over "market share" is difficult and forming a new standard isn't likely to occur for generations to come. Shogi shows that there is the potential for a new variant of chess to arise some time in the future - but it is not likely the people who create that version will see or realize it as the future of chess. It will just be that some many decades or centuries in the future, people will play more of that than the classic version of chess we play, today.

@s-c-goodwill 2 жыл бұрын

@@Aim54Delta but aren't they trying to reinvent the wheel? Metaphorically speaking.

@EdKolis 2 жыл бұрын

Most of these pieces look useless due to their two space moves, but I like the idea of the mercenary. The game Lionheart, a sort of way out there chess type game, also has a mercenary that functions similarly: he can be bribed by the enemy king to switch sides. You should do Lionheart sometime!

@NxVernxual 2 жыл бұрын

They are actually very useless expcet for few i think

@pandabunny8521 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that they may not be great prices is counteracted by there lower cost to pieces that are better what I'm most curious about is how much the base game pieces cost

@sdsprd 2 жыл бұрын

@@pandabunny8521 You can see them at 1:20. Knight looks insanely undercosted. Prob best strat is to run nothing but Soldiers and Knights, maybe a couple Rooks.

@SenisPucker 2 жыл бұрын

@@sdsprd Towers over rooks, for certain. Any piece that can attack any adjacent square is inherently nuts. Imagine a board where any piece can deliver a mate that's normally only available to queens.

@sdsprd 2 жыл бұрын

@@SenisPucker Forgot about them, just depends if you can fit the cost in.

@MegaAgamon 2 жыл бұрын

I like this variant with one change, the stalemate rule. It encourages the one who is ahead to stalemate, while it should be the opposite. I would keep the traditional stalemate rules unchanged or say the one with the *lowest* wins if Stalemate happens.

@chaosjimthevoidlord3762 2 жыл бұрын

I like your suggestion, it would provide a comeback mechanic for the losing player and it would also keep the player who is ahead from getting too cocky or overconfident because now they have to always keep stalemate in mind.

@filipthunell8631 2 жыл бұрын

with both the herald and the inquisitor being able to cause instant stalemates i think causing stalemates is supposed to be an actual strategy that the other player has to account for and try to capture enough of their pieces so they cant stalemate without losing

@8bitalex 2 жыл бұрын

Stalemate means both players lose. You should avoid stalemate, even if you are about to lose.

@mickeyrube6623 2 жыл бұрын

8bitAlex no, it doesn’t. Stalemate is a draw, neither side wins, or loses. If you are about to lose, you should play for a stalemate. There are situations where you can force your opponent to stalemate you, and these situations are well known by grand masters. In tournament play, two players will often go for a draw instead of trying to win, because it is to their mutual advantage. This is scored the exact same as a stalemate, which is a form of draw. I don’t know where you got the idea that you should never play for a stalemate.

@filipthunell8631 2 жыл бұрын

@@mickeyrube6623 but since the chess variant in the video has rules for who wins in a stalemate and has 2 pieces that can force stalemates...

@grubbygeorge2117 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if there could exist a sort of freeze build that’s all about not letting your opponent move their pieces with all the freezers, getting a material advantage and stalemating by sending a freezer onto the enemy king

@milkman4407 2 жыл бұрын

Puts a Herald next to the Herald

@dragon-du6ew 2 жыл бұрын

Well the king can't move meaning its dead

@elonbezos5270 2 жыл бұрын

Freezers have a zero stalemate cost, so your opponent would probably win

@fraidei2094 2 жыл бұрын

@@milkman4407 now the universe explodes

@ulrichwolfgang 2 жыл бұрын

@@milkman4407 Me and my friend did that with our inquisitors, but I had the big brain move of moving my king to his inquisitor (since it couldn't move) and forced a stalemate, I had more stalemate value so I won.

@Bencraft1010 Жыл бұрын

Peasant 2:12 Soldier 2:30 Herald 2:37 Tower 3:06 Chamberlain 3:19 Thief 3:40 Lancer 3:56 Catapult 4:11 Inquisitor 4:19 Pontiff 4:43 Courtesan 5:00 Jester 5:11 Regent 5:24 Mercenary 5:55

@davidsaji6101 Жыл бұрын

Thank u

@danishtheducky Жыл бұрын

Chad moment

@robynbergeron2363 Жыл бұрын

thank you for timestamps :)

@NooNahha Жыл бұрын

2:30 "MAGGOTS"

@user-vq7mm6yt4x Жыл бұрын

Why no jester be captured?

@cardboardtoaster2169 2 жыл бұрын

In summary: Chess but you have to build an army. And that means more complex

@michka841 2 жыл бұрын

basically Warhammer40k

@wafflestcattash4818 Жыл бұрын

Even has inquisitors

@stratonikisporcia8630 Жыл бұрын

@@wafflestcattash4818 Even works underwater

@TheCheesyNachos 2 жыл бұрын

was waiting for an example of a checkmate at the end

@petemagnuson7357 2 жыл бұрын

I suppose that falls under "normal chess rules apply". If your king (or king replacement) is in check and unable to avoid capture next turn, you lose.

@danielyuan9862 2 жыл бұрын

@@petemagnuson7357 I think he wants to see a checkmate in the video when he says the win condition.

@mehrheitler 2 жыл бұрын

@@petemagnuson7357 That's not the point. Every chess variation video ends with «the first player to checkmate their opponent - wins» and an example of that. Not because it differs from the original rules but because it's the way to end chess videos.

@petemagnuson7357 2 жыл бұрын

@@mehrheitler ah, I see. It's been a little while since I watched one of these.

@TheCheesyNachos 2 жыл бұрын

@@mehrheitler more specifically the checkmate example (by triple s) will involve the alternate rules that was put in place

@pepperlane Жыл бұрын

"The mercenary can only move if its being threatened" Moves to a spot where its being threatened

@FoneyBone1 10 ай бұрын

I had to listen to his explanation like four times to get it. The player controls the mercenary of the opposite color, but only when it is threatened; this is why the white mercenary captures white's pawn. So moving the mercenary to another threatened space is a good move.

@mikevanvoorst6815 2 жыл бұрын

I like this variant. I also like the mercenary concept. Awesome vid, TSG.

@sparkyshore3543 2 жыл бұрын

What if you move the herald or the inquisitor next to the opponent’s king but they still have other pieces they can move? What if it’s a discovered check? Is it still a stalemate?

@NStripleseven 2 жыл бұрын

Yea still stalemate.

@caltheuntitled8021 2 жыл бұрын

The issue with that is if you have more points, you win by doing that, so it’s effectively an instant kill on the king.

@sebastianvroom7595 2 жыл бұрын

@@caltheuntitled8021 Neither the herald or the inquisitor have stalemate value, so including them in for that strategy alone would put on the back foot and forcing you into gaining the stalemate advantage begore you can proceed, and all the two spaces jumping pieces should be able to take it out no problem, since they can capture it from futher out of it's range. This means that for a stalemate strategy, you would need to play enough moves to gain the lead, while playing with a literal blockeade on the side of your board you can't get rid off for the whole game, and that your opponent is still able to attack in order to ruin your play. You migth choose the inquisitor for a piece you can more easily keep on your side of the board until ready, but at a higher demand, since the inquisitor adds to the point lead you need. Also both pieces have a limited move range and can't capture, meaning you can block them at no risk from them

@williambarnes5023 2 жыл бұрын

*"What if you move the herald or the inquisitor next to the opponent’s king but they still have other pieces they can move?"* The king is frozen and so can't order any of the other pieces to move. The game is a stalemate.

@sparkyshore3543 2 жыл бұрын

@@williambarnes5023 that’s the only decent explanation I’ve heard for it.

@JamesDavy2009 Жыл бұрын

A few of the new pieces I recognised from other chess variant games: the peasant moves like a Berolina pawn, the soldier moves like a king but is not as important, and the tower moves like the dragon king from shogi.

@blazetnt 2 жыл бұрын

Best channel ever

@kanuos 2 жыл бұрын

This is probably my favorite game you have shown yet. I am absolutely buying this!

@absolute_perfection 2 жыл бұрын

The long awaited chess update.

@Luigion7 2 жыл бұрын

_noice._

@albertoantoniorosascahua9432 2 жыл бұрын

Finally! I have been waiting 400 years for this update

@heartbox1541 2 жыл бұрын

yo, new Chess just dropped.

@user-mb0vf0mk0s Жыл бұрын

Next update will be having 1 elixir every round and building decks

@insignificantduck313 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who knows literally nothing about Chess strategy, I would love to play this

@classclown1024 Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe Gary Chess finally released the DLC pieces we’ve been waiting for. I can’t wait for Chess 2, I’ve heard they’re finally making the jump to 3D. I hope they include the DLC for free though and add new pieces instead of making us pay for old content.

@Maxi-vf1jg 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid, but why cant the catapult throw pieces????

@awesomespurr3606 2 жыл бұрын

No idea lol

@ioratv 2 жыл бұрын

You can throw it at your opponent instead

@speedyboi88 2 жыл бұрын

@@ioratv checkmate if you get it in the eye

@dragon-du6ew 2 жыл бұрын

DABOODABOODA!!!

@qasimkhan8939 2 жыл бұрын

That would be SO op imagine yeeting a pawn into the regent’s/queen’s face at the start of the game

@fabriciocastrovizzotto9106 2 жыл бұрын

Herald and inquisitor look fun, soldier and peasant are also good changes to the pawn specially because of the whole cost system. I really like jester as a counter to queen trades, but problem being picking jester means you start with a disadvantage compared to the opponents queen, jester mirror matches seem to be a nightmare. Mercenary is an amazing idea to prevent offensive setups. two square movement on rank 2 sucks tho

@Ichthyodactyl 2 жыл бұрын

I mean it trades one advantage for another. Being unable to be captured means you can throw it in the middle of otherwise dangerous positions to create some novel counterplay. I'd be hard-pressed to believe it's as strong as a queen but, perhaps appropriate to its name, I think what you could accomplish with it might be hard to predict for the opponent.

@HatterTobias 2 жыл бұрын

soldier is OP for a 1st rank piece, it's stronger than knights and even bishops

@crowreligion Жыл бұрын

@@HatterTobias and it costs only 3 points while knights cost 4 points and bishops costs 6 points

@synonymtoast716 2 жыл бұрын

There was a webtoon I read where the MC and his friend play a custom chess ruleset the author dubbed The Northseas Rules (A Region in the story). The Board was extended to be 13 spaces wide (so the field was still 4 spaces apart), both sides recieve 2 extra Knight, Bishop, and 1 Queen, The Queens were replaced with 2 Warships (though i imagine its just for looks as the warship still acts as queen. Edit 2: i think rather than warship its a Trade Ship and they can move like queens but get the Supply Route rule), and they had this Supply Route rule: If there is a gap of anysize between two of the same sides pawn (ex. White-pawn, space, space, space, White-pawn) and another piece of the same side lands in between (ex. W.P,, space, Knight, space, W.P) , that piece can move again. other than that normal rules still applied. i always wondered how it would actually be played IRL.

@DevourerDragons 2 жыл бұрын

as you said, two queens and that booster rule

@DevourerDragons 2 жыл бұрын

@@NareshSinghOctagon most likely he does, good Sire, since I too, remember it this way.

@byrontheusurper6505 Жыл бұрын

Inquisitor and herald are so cool! Disabling pieces is sick!

@evannibbe9375 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like this should be called “feudal chess”, because this is more about the costs to buy different kinds of pieces. “Faerie chess” should be a lot more magical, like having pieces with secret roles, and choosing your move on paper secretly, then flipping over the paper to show your move at the same time. Other things to make it more magical would be to have things like rooks be chosen where they should be placed on the back two ranks, and then not be able to be moved or removed for the duration of the game (and also prohibit any piece from jumping over it), and have the ability to kill an opponent piece adjacent to it (without moving) as long as an ally piece is also adjacent to it (i.e. the rook actually works like a real castle fortification, as opposed to just looking like one).

@faerytasticoddities4431 2 жыл бұрын

In saying that, this is the type of chess I see Faeries playing

@faerytasticoddities4431 2 жыл бұрын

Or general fae. High elves totally would

@faerytasticoddities4431 2 жыл бұрын

Can also see a fae interaction where if the person beats them in a game of cheese they get to live...but its this chess (I have a new dnd idea now 😅)

@_crumpus_2883 2 жыл бұрын

I believe it is called "Faerie chess" because of the existing term "Fairy chess". "Fairy chess" refers to a type of game that is a modified version of chess. Basically, all chess variants are a type of Fairy chess and since this is a "build your own chess" game, "Faerie chess" seems to be a fitting name.

@petersmythe6462 Жыл бұрын

IMO, simultaneous turns or secret information opens a sufficiently big can of worms in terms of necessary rule changes that it should just be a different game and not considered a chess variant. To be a chess variant, I would say things should be as follows: 1. Players take turns making moves. Some special moves may involve multiple pieces (like castling) but there is only and exactly one move per turn. 2. Captures are not generally forced. 3. The game state can be sufficiently describe using the position, not orientation, of all pieces, who's turn it is, whether special move rights are still present, and the last move played (needed for en passant). 4. The game is played on a board with four-sided tiles arranged so each tile has tiles which are adjacent and/or diagonal to it. 5. Chess and variants are perfect information deterministic games once the first move is played. That is, there is zero ambiguity about what will occur when a move is executed. 6. Only one piece may occupy a tile at a given time. 7. There are no other kinds of moves besides placing, moving, or capturing with a piece.

@undeathbysnipe2986 Жыл бұрын

i really enjoyed hearing about the rules for this game! i absolutely love deck-building games and turning chess into one is very creative, especially with all the new pieces' movements and rules. it opens up a ton of new strategies and tactics; for example, many people were talking about potential stalemating strategies (provided you're good enough to get ahead in stalemate points) and people were talking about the potential endgames with the Regent (sacrificing some of your points to upgrade the king rather than get stronger military)

@11clocky 10 ай бұрын

This isn’t really a deck-builder, though.

@ricardoramos1059 2 жыл бұрын

This kind of chest would definitely feel at home in any fantasy setting. Its chess with a fun new level of strategy id really like to play it

@boredpangolin2553 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the amount of pieces and their abilities

@jackychen7769 2 жыл бұрын

New pieces are fine by me (makes me question about how certain things work, but I’ll assume it’s something I’d get used to over time), but the whole “adding up points” isn’t my style. I’d prefer starting with a traditional set, then trading out pieces based on cost AFTER the game has started with some rules added to facilitate that.

@ty_sylicus 2 жыл бұрын

So weird! Especially the mercenary. Props to whoever thought up all these additional pieces. Pretty cool.

@fairy-tales 2 жыл бұрын

this is a good alternative to the classic game, it will be even cooler if combined with Musketeer chess.

@dragon-du6ew 2 жыл бұрын

Chess update 58.0

@bapbop2399 2 жыл бұрын

Love this idea of deack building and the whole herald and inquisitor mechanics where the pieces around them cant be move like when in check

@greedwall Жыл бұрын

Peasant: A powerful pawn Soldier: a non-valuable king Herald: A Rook with limited movement Tower: A rook that can move diagonally Chamberlain:A limited movement rook combined with a pawn Theif:A Mini Queen that captures without landing on the captured piece Lancer:The Older brother of the knight Catapult:A Mini Rook Inquisitor:A non-royalty king that can move 2 spaces horizontal or vertical but can't capture and freezes opponents pieces Pontiff:A bishop that can bounce on the board Courtesan:A non-royalty king that can jump 2 spaces diagonally Jester:A Queen that can't capture nor be captured Regent:a King that moves 2 spaces in any direction but movement becomes queen-like when the queen is captured Mercenary:A backstabbing piece

@Kirbythecuteball Ай бұрын

Well, a tower is a promoted rook in Japanese chess and courtesan moves like chaturanga elephant and king

@KororaPenguin Жыл бұрын

Peasant == Berolina Pawn. Soldier == Sage in Courier Chess. Tower == Promoted Rook in Shogi. Lancer == Camel. Catapult == Threeleaper. Pontiff == Bishop in Billiards chess. Courtesan == Phoenix.

@Ptaku93 2 жыл бұрын

Herald's rules are like WHAAAAT?!

@Ptaku93 2 жыл бұрын

ok, the mercenary is even weirder

@ICountFrom0 Жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to expand faerie chess to encompass every single other modified chess piece in creation. Every other secondary set of chess rules where pieces move differently, I want them in there. Every other unique piece, I want them in there. Knightmares, I want them in there. Knights that can be mounted, I want them in there. You get the idea. I want to take it further. Spend some of your points to enforce optional rules. Spend some of your points to force unusual board shapes. Then take it even further. Game are in year long "seasons" where each match you play increases the total number of points you can put into a match, you can only match if two players are within 10% and you play at the lower value. Yearly champions exist for highest point reached, highest ranking and total highest score of pieces between all games.

@johnruelmula1464 Жыл бұрын

Suggestion=bowman:moves 1 square diagonally only,but kills hostile pieces in a 3-5 block radius and only does that straight, it does not move to that square of the piece bcuz obviously they use bows and arrow

@the_r4ts Жыл бұрын

I like the idea of a chess variant where you pick and choose your pieces and their positions. I don’t like the incredible variety and power of pieces Faerie Chess adds. I understand that it’s to tie into the point system and make army composition a more strategic matter, but some of these pieces are just too powerful. And there is plenty of strategic value in just the placement of your pieces already. I’ll try a few games of Faerie Chess, but I’ll probably end up designing a version with less (powerful) pieces

@JumboDS64 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I feel like this could benefit from a MTG-like color system to prevent weird stuff like that.

@NovaRuner Жыл бұрын

This video is awesome. And I am blown away by all the cool new chess pieces. However I have a suggestion for a new piece. Put this one in the royal category. The Princess. Can move 4 spaces either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Can capture pieces. And IF it reaches the other side of the board it can be promoted to Queen.

@SpaceCowboy57 Жыл бұрын

The real appeal to this is that it removes a lot of the advantages that a more experienced chess player would have against a new player, since a lot of the early game in chess is just memorizing openings. This makes it so that both players have to come up with an early game on the fly instead of using book moves, at least giving non-chess-players at your board game night a fighting chance against people who might frequently play chess.

@PeeperSnail 2 жыл бұрын

Chess, but the pieces discovered subclasses

@MlMZY630 Жыл бұрын

Chess deck building... I love this!

@pablogalang4605 2 жыл бұрын

A deck version? Amazing!

@gumiguy 2 жыл бұрын

imagine this mixed with musketeer chess

@sassyqueen790 Жыл бұрын

Pessant: opposite moves of pawn Soldier: king but less important Herald: cant capture but dont let other pieces move Tower: roock but whit one more move Chamberlain: better castles but only for ranks 3 Thief: dont capture, kidnaps Lancer: horses bigger brother Inquisitor: better herald Pontiff: boncy boy Cortasan: \_('_')_/don't know Jester: annoying space filler queen Regent: king but two times more move and becomes queen when queen dies but still can't be capture or move to be captured or you loses Mercenary: treteners piece

@Kirbythecuteball Ай бұрын

Actually, this is the real reason: 1. Spelling mistakes 2. Courtesan moves like chaturanga elephant and king 3. Tower technically moves like promoted rook in Japanese chess 4. Pontiff moves like bishop but bounces on the board but may not end on the space he started on

@DeBumBum 2 жыл бұрын

The chess update we've been waiting for

@agr0nianTV 2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting that the solider can't promote. The herald and inquisitor are very interesting since they exist to get stalemates and invite different play patterns with their freeze and half freeze effects. The Reagent sounds busted if the queen is killed, I feel like he could solo late game so it makes sense that he costs the most. The mercenary is something else :P A very cool version I definitely want to try this some day!

@lennoxtvthingy7408 9 ай бұрын

It’s only 30ish dollars on Amazon!

@somerandomwindowsguy3725 7 ай бұрын

@@lennoxtvthingy7408 thats 10,500 argentinian pesos, not so cheap.

@josephrion3514 2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of the duke. Also except with the rank one pieces the pawn like ones, I would just have said orthogonally for all other pieces that move both vertically and horizontally. Personally I would have like after talking about all the pieces gameplay with lots of new pieces to showcase while talking over it to explain just what happened. Some of these pieces I am all for. Some I don't know that I love. Some seemed way to repetitive to the point of unnecessary to making me want to repick or redesign what is allowed. But I will say it interested me from the get go.

@martynaszymanowska3101 2 жыл бұрын

There are so many pieces nice👌👍

@byrontheusurper6505 Жыл бұрын

This is so cool!

@misterdot6923 2 жыл бұрын

the cards look pretty cool

@wypmangames Жыл бұрын

when it comes to catapult, i have a custom rule that it can catapult adjacent pieces (opponent or not) 3 to 5 squares in the direction away from the catapult, capturing other pieces the 'projectile' lands on if the projectile piece is to the left of the catapult, it shoots 3 to 5 to the left, if it lands on another piece it gets captured, if the projectile goes off the board it is captured (note: this also means you capture pieces of your own colour, whether its by catapulting them off the board, or catapulting other pieces onto them) you may move 2 spaces in any direction (including mixed) but can not take pieces without catapulting, and can not catapult royal pieces

@starface2178 Жыл бұрын

More different unit pieces is a great idea that adds replayabilty to chess in my opinion. :D

@Waterwolf221 Жыл бұрын

This game customization reminds me of a game called Chess Evolved Online. Its quite unknown but its chess and you can put different pieces with different movesets. It has slightly different rules to accomodate for the change and its awesome. Its just a bit unfortunate that the game is quite unknown and rarely gets updated.

@ethanhawksley9097 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see you cover the card game Mao, or rather some rules you’d make for it.

@denekhesab.2527 Жыл бұрын

I love this

@AlexAtheris44 2 жыл бұрын

I fricken love this idea!!

@supertron6039 Жыл бұрын

All the pieces be playing chess but the pontiff be playing carrom. 💀

@edinasaric3074 5 ай бұрын

peasant: basically barolina pawn soldier: king without check or checkmate Harold: free stalemate tower: better rook chamberlain: pawn but advanced(without promotion) thief: OP catapult: camel inquisitor: H A R O L D pontiff: bishop but pong ball courtesan: ok piece jester: BAD QUEEN regent: king with extra rizz Mercenary: MEH piece

@Kirbythecuteball Ай бұрын

Actually this is real reason: 1. Tower moves like promoted rook in Japanese chess 2. Courtesan moves like chaturanga elephant and king 3. Peasant moves opposite move of pawn

@rhcs305 Жыл бұрын

This is pretty interesting!

@soup9242 Жыл бұрын

Peasant: Discount bishop Soldier: Discount king Herald: Blocker Tower: EA rook (you have to pay to unlock the full diagonal movement ability) Chamberlain: Discount knight Thief: Long-range pawn Lancer: Upgraded knight Catapult: Discount rook Inquisitor: Upgraded herald Pontiff: Bouncy bishop Courtesan: Wannabe checkers piece Jester: Single-direction blocker Regent: Upgraded king Mercenary: General purpose fighter

@Kirbythecuteball Ай бұрын

Actually peasant moves opposite move from pawn and tower moves like promoted rook in Japanese chess and courtesan moves like chaturanga elephant and king

@MrAnediet 2 жыл бұрын

En passant ?

@andreidrilea15 2 жыл бұрын

En peasant

@ekki1993 2 жыл бұрын

Could work as normal for double pawn moves. You just see where it would have landed after one jump and capture there.

@zarnox3071 2 жыл бұрын

"The game ends and you lose when your Regent is captured." Except that it can never be captured. You'd lose to a checkmate before that can happen.

@gamerhurley 2 жыл бұрын

isnt regent just... a better king?

@switchboxplays Жыл бұрын

it costs more. Choosing regent means your army is weaker than a person who stuck with king.

@phoenix_waffles2122 Жыл бұрын

Finally, Chess *2*

@einjarhen7959 2 жыл бұрын

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!

@Marsdend1 2 жыл бұрын

Crap, I wasn't expecting Spanish inquisition today

@Jacsmac04 Жыл бұрын

I think Faerie Chess looks pretty cool! I would love to try it but unfortunately it’s out of stock. Do you have any information on when it will be back?

@emanfran Жыл бұрын

imagine this as a video game, follows the theme of the cards and has cool simplistic effects

@user-vq7mm6yt4x Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@janwarrenbunoan3795 8 күн бұрын

Original Chess: Pawn (Rank I, Cost: 1) - Moves 1 space forward and/or captures diagonally forward. Knight (Rank II, Cost: 4) - Moves in an L (vertically/horizontally then at a right angle) It can even jump other pieces. Bishop (Rank II, Cost: 6) - Moves any spaces diagonally. Rook (Rank II, Cost: 9) - Moves any spaces orthogonally. Queen (Rank III, Cost: 12) - Moves any spaces in any direction. King (Rank III, Cost: None) - Moves 1 space in any direction, but can never move to a threatened space. Faerie Chess: Peasant (Rank I, Cost: 2) - Acts as a pawn, but moves 1 space diagonally forward and/or captures in front. Soldier (Rank I, Cost 3) - Acts as a pawn, but can move and capture in any direction, including backwards. Catapult (Rank II, Cost 3) - Jumps 3 spaces orthogonally. Thief (Rank II, Cost 5) - Jumps 2 spaces in any direction, and captures before the opposing piece. Lancer (Rank II, Cost 5) - Acts as a knight, but jumps 3 spaces. Herald (Rank II, Cost, 6) - Moves 2 spaces orthogonally. This is the piece that can never capture. It prevents all pieces from moving, including creating a stalmate. It can begin outside. Chamberlain (Rank II, Cost: 6) Jumps 2 spaces orthogonally and/or captures 1 space diagonally. It may even swap with rank III pieces. Courtesan (Rank II, Cost 6) - Moves 1 space orthogonally or jumps 2 spaces. Inquisitor (Rank II, Cost: 8) - Same as Herald, but moves 2 spaces orthogonally or 1 space diagonally, and friendly pieces move. Pontiff (Rank II, Cost 8) - Acts as a bishop, but may bounce in a right angle, but may not end in the same square. Tower (Rank II, Cost: 10) - Acts as a rook, but can move 1 space diagonally. Jester (Rank III, Cost: 12) - Acts as a queen, but was pacifist. Regent (Rank III Cost: 15) - Acts as a king, but moves 2 spaces in any direction. It can even move as a queen if the queen was captured. Mercenary (Special, Cost: None) Starting in h4/a5, it jumps 2 spaces in any direction. Any your piece threatens the opposing mercenary controls and moves.

@ajayyakhmi3008 Жыл бұрын

I like this idea

@CentroBBerry Жыл бұрын

“Hey can i copy your homework?” “Sure just don’t make sure it’s obvious” The teacher: “PEASANT AND PAWN!”

@user-mb0vf0mk0s Жыл бұрын

Looks like trailer to new chess update. Neat

@omnishishah4016 7 ай бұрын

The Peasents movement in the inverted pawn movement.

@vulpesignis2201 2 жыл бұрын

Finally chess got an update, waiting for so long

@kuznechiks 2 жыл бұрын

One question, can the jester give check or checkmate?

@deadersurvival4716 2 жыл бұрын

It can assist in the checkmate by bodyblocking the regent, but it, itself, can't do enough to check or checkmate, just herd the regent around.

@himanshuwilhelm5534 2 жыл бұрын

Jester can troll the king by getting in the way.

@Protestant_Paladin440 2 жыл бұрын

@@himanshuwilhelm5534 basically what a real jester does, troll people

@thebee0320 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the jester is pretty trash excepting endgames against a normal pawn. like if you play jester you're throwing away value because you could literally just have a queen

@deadersurvival4716 2 жыл бұрын

@@thebee0320 To a degree, yes, but the fact that it isn't capturable (meaning that opponent pieces have to take two moves minimum to go around it) mean that it's a fairly important piece when it comes to taking out strong pieces or forcing your opponent into what you want. Altogether, I'd argue it's as valuable as the queen, even without being allowed to capture.

@honeyjuice219 2 жыл бұрын

kinda reminds me of chess 2 ;) too bad the developers still haven't given us news of chess 2 yet 😔

@danielyuan9862 2 жыл бұрын

The dev's of chess have been long dead.

@honeyjuice219 2 жыл бұрын

@@danielyuan9862 first of o'll, it's spelled "devs" not "dev's", "dev's" is a compound of [dev+is] not plural.

@honeyjuice219 2 жыл бұрын

second of course the original devs are dead, it's a long running game

@honeyjuice219 2 жыл бұрын

@@danielyuan9862 third, I'm talking about the current devs 😏

@oenrn 2 жыл бұрын

Why would they bother developing chess 2 if they can just keep milking DLCs for chess 1?

@lucifer_d_falln1 Жыл бұрын

Most of those pieces are good if you want to annoy your opponent, and I guess could be a breath of fresh air for veteran players who got bored of the classic game

@aarongrant1 7 күн бұрын

The piece I would want to add would be: The Tailor. What it does is have 2 needles it can place on the board, like a trap. Upon running into these needles, a piece gets stuck for 2 moves, and the needle goes back to the tailor. If a piece hits a needle a second time, it dies.

@sgtmajorkiwi Жыл бұрын

ok I really want this now

@Turdstrider 2 жыл бұрын

funnily enough there is an actual game similar in design to Faerie Chess, it's called Chess Evolved Online, it's on Steam and it's like this but more fleshed out and has a lot of pieces to use in your strategy

@zlosov5817 2 жыл бұрын

King: WHo are you? Regent: I'm You, but better in every way

@oddlynicole16 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe they finally released Chess 2

@sailorenthusiast Жыл бұрын

The herald sounds like a fascinating piece. Instead of completely removing pieces, the player can instead simply disable pieces in a certain area, including their own. … I’ll admit, though, I don’t really know much about chess. I just clicked the video because it has faerie in the title, eheh.

@Animefan5890 2 жыл бұрын

I would love and hate to play/learn this o.o

@vicenteaugusto5322 Жыл бұрын

eu amo a torre

@Smgk551 Жыл бұрын

Woah new chess pieces i wana buy one

@b.k.5667 Жыл бұрын

The pontiff is crazy. You can just absolutely snipe pieces with the wall bounce

@Apsolon Жыл бұрын

Tower is a direct upgrade of Rook, Pontiff is a direct upgrade of Bishop, Knight has no direct upgrade, Soldier is a direct of upgrade of Pawn. Regent is situational, Jester is also situational. The rest of the pieces are either just suck due to their two spaces move or weird gimmick. Especially the two pieces that allow you to just initiate a stalemate in case you are losing or the enimies can also stalemate themselves which is bad, any pieces that encourage stalemate should be remove.

@Apsolon Жыл бұрын

@Tn02bv Actually due to it longer L shape movements, it can be hard to capture pieces that just 1 square apart. This is one of the pieces that kind of move too far for it to be of any uses and I consider it to be worse than just the regular knight.

@Kirbythecuteball 29 күн бұрын

Well actually, Tower is promoted rook in Japanese chess

@NickShelden Жыл бұрын

The herald displaces the pawn and sits in a rank one spot (on the edge of the board). Can that pawn that is displaced tot he back row also be upgraded to another piece?

@thebee0320 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the pawn replacements are obnoxious lmao. Like imagine playing an endgame where your opponents pawns are literally just kings but you can sac them. Imagine trying to stop a peasant from promoting. Imagine a middlegame where your opponent just squeezes you with a line full of kings

@Spyke114 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's likely some balance issues to buff out but these options are open to both players and hopefully the points shook out to where taking a full line of soldiers means you can't bring some of the other strong pieces just for cost. They didn't go over base piece costs but a full line of peasants would be 16 points and full soldiers 24. If you're only playing 50-something then that's half the force in super pawns that CAN get nullified by a couple heralds or inquisitors.

@hy7864 2 жыл бұрын

They cost different

@sandsnake3896 Жыл бұрын

Wow what a cool delta rune refrence

@cooldude-mi9wz Жыл бұрын

I mean. Fairy chess isnt such a strategic and mechanichal game but its cool and fun and the idea seems amazing.

@voltfox2466 Жыл бұрын

Finally CHESS 2

@OW0974 Жыл бұрын

The fact that I literally watched this yesterday

@mbcommandnerd 7 ай бұрын

Here’s the most interesting pieces IMO: The Jester is basically an INVINCIBLE QUEEN, in that it cannot be captured, nor can it make any captures itself. The Regent is a more powerful version of the King, which can move TWO spaces at once rather than one, and otherwise follows the same rules as the regular King. However, that ends when the Queen is captured (if you’re using the queen), as when this happens, the Regent gains the Queen’s powers, and is then able to move freely around the board along any straight or diagonal line. However, unlike the King, the Regent can be captured like any other piece, meaning that it is very vulnerable. This means that you can either have a regular King and a piece who cannot die and who’s only goal is to annoy the other player, or a Regent and a regular Queen that, when killed, sends the Regent into GOD MODE, allowing it to literally move ANYWHERE. Just remember that the Regent is EXTREMELY vulnerable to attack…and that it’s VERY easy to lose in a matter of seconds if you aren’t careful. Honestly, now that I think about it, the Jester may be the better option. The other two interesting pieces are the Herald and the Inquisitor. The Herald is a peacekeeper of sorts, preventing ANY pieces in its immediate vicinity from moving at all. The Inquisitor is a one-sided version of the Herald that gives you a HUGE strategic advantage: any of your opponents pieces within its immediate vicinity cannot move, but YOUR pieces still can! This allows you to sort of “lock” your opponent in place, allowing you to make moves against them without them fighting back-something that’s impossible in normal chess. Oh, and I almost forgot the Pontiff! This piece can do something that no other chess piece ever made can: IT CAN BOUNCE OFF OF THE FREAKING WALLS!!!!! This allows it to slide right past enemy defenses and can therefore pose a SERIOUS threat to your opponent!

@yeboiblaker69420 Жыл бұрын

keep in mind the herald and inquisitor can only stalemate if the square adjacent to the king is not protected

@Farzriyaz 9 ай бұрын

1. Berolina 2. King (not royal) 3. Dabbaba (but can not capture, frost follows, pushes pawn backwards) 4. Rook + Ferz 5. Moves like Dabbaba, captures like Ferz 6. Moves like Rook, captures like Ferz (swaps positions with Rank 3 instead of castling) 7. Hand Force Alibaba (Alibaba, but cannot land on opponent piece on capture, and instead pushes the opponent piece off the board after movement) 8. Camel 9. Super Dabbaba (Dabbaba, but it moves 3 spaces instead of 2) 10. Dabbaba + Ferz (but can not capture, frost follows) 11. Bouncy Bishop (Bishop, but it bounces) 12. Wazir + Alfil 13. Queen (but can not capture and cannot be captured, replaces queen) 14. Alibaba (royal, replaces king, moves like queen if the queen is taken) 15. Alibaba (white on h4, black on a5, can be controlled by opponent if threatened)

@cypher6083 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Finally someone recognizes that they are historic pieces, some such as Dabbaba from 840 a.d. Chaturanga. Pieces with hundreds or thousands of years of history. It's painful to see all these ignorant comments with people calling them new pieces or variants. Modern chess is the variant, Chaturanga and Shogi are the originals. Of course the makers of this game do nothing to help because they have stolen the ideas and repackaged them as their own with no credit given to historic games.

@Kirbythecuteball Ай бұрын

For tower, it also moves like promoted rook in Japanese chess