Faerie Chess

Faerie Chess is a commercial chess variant by Brybelly Holdings.

Faerie Chess

Publisher(s)	Brybelly Holdings
Years active	c. 21st century to present
Genre(s)	Board game Abstract strategy game Mind sport Chess variant
Players	2
Playing time	Similar to that of chess
Random chance	None
Skill(s) required	Strategy, tactics

Search Faerie Chess on Amazon.

Appearance

Faerie Chess comes in a white box with a blue stripe around it. Each new piece has a card depicting it that also explains the piece's movement.

Gameplay

Faerie Chess plays similarly to regular chess, except players have a customizable army, which can be different for both players. However, there are some rules, such as that pieces can only be used in certain "ranks." An example rank is the first rank, where only the peasant and soldier may be used. The peasant behaves like a berolina pawn, and the soldier moves like a king. An example of a custom army is White replacing one of their rooks with a tower, and Black replacing their queen with a jester.

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8	a5 black upside-down king h4 white upside-down king h1 white upside-down rook								8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

An example of a starting setup, where Black has a jester, and White has a tower (represented by an upside down rook), and both players have mercenaries (represented by upside down kings). The tower moves like a mix of rook and ferz, the jester moves like a queen, but can't be captured, and the mercenary moves like an alibaba.

List of pieces

List of pieces

Name	Moveset	Rank	Cost	Notes
Peasant	Moves like a berolina pawn	First rank	2	Can promote.
Soldier	Moves to any adjacent square	First rank	3	Can't promote.
Herald	Moves like a dabbaba	Second rank	6	Freezes any nearby piece, if near a king, the game ends in a stalemate.
Tower	Moves like a rook and ferz	Second rank	10	Kings and regents can use this piece to castle.
Chamberlain	Moves like dabbaba, but captures like ferz	Second rank	6	Can swap with a king, queen, jester, or regent if there's no pieces in between them.
Thief	Moves like an alibaba	Second rank	5	Doesn't capture pieces by landing on them, but by landing near them.
Lancer	Moves like a camel	Second rank	5
Catapult	Moves like a threeleaper	Second rank	3
Inquisitor	Moves like a dabbaba and ferz	Second rank	8	Freezes any nearby enemy piece, if near a king, the game ends in a stalemate.
Pontiff	Moves like a bishop, but bounces off the edge of the board	Second rank	8
Courtesan	Moves like a wazir and alfil	Second rank	6
Jester	Moves like a queen	Third rank (must replace queen)	12	Can't capture, nor be captured.
Regent	Moves like an alibaba	Third rank (must replace king)	15	Gains queen movement if the queen is taken, behaves like a king.
Mercenary	Moves like an alibaba	No rank (placed on H4 or A5 depending on whether White or Black uses it)	No cost	Can only be moved by a player targeting it.

References

This article "Faerie Chess" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Faerie Chess. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

---