Regimental Chess

Regimental Chess is a strategy game in which you command formations of pieces across multiple boards. Rather than moving one piece at a time, you move groups governed by formation rules; they can break apart and lose pieces through attrition, becoming less effective until they are destroyed or too small to matter. The game uses the familiar 8-by-8 board, where every position counts, rather than expanding the board or the armies.

Formations and combat

The game’s balance draws on a rock-paper-scissors relationship between infantry, cavalry and artillery. Densely packed infantry can stop a cavalry charge, but makes an easy target for artillery; artillery is vulnerable to cavalry. Rooks and queens can form a heavy-artillery group that often captures the king, while the king is difficult to capture when surrounded by horses. Horses are highly vulnerable to charges by dense infantry, which rooks and queens can quickly wipe out.

The outcome depends on the number and arrangement of pieces in each formation and where it stands in relation to the enemy. Bishops can make sacrificial opening strikes to destroy rooks, queens and horses, break up their formations and weaken the opponent’s offense and defense.

Multiple boards

Multiple Board Regimental Chess represents a battle across a broad front, with several divisions and commands issuing and carrying out orders. Each division protects the flank of the next, while forces shift along the backfield to defend against attacks or concentrate where an opportunity to advance appears.