Dice Chess

Dice Chess Rules

1) Pieces move and capture in normal manner, except castling and capturing via en passant are not allowed.

2) The object of the game is to capture the opponent’s king. Check and checkmate are irrelevant.

3) On each turn, player rolls one six-sided die. Result of die roll indicates which type of piece must be moved:

one—pawn;

two—rook;

three—knight;

four—bishop;

five—queen;

six—king.

4) If a player cannot move the type of piece indicated by the die roll (eg. On the first turn only pawns and knights will be able to move), then player must pass without moving . . . unless (see Rule 5).

5) The exception to Rule 4 is that if a player no longer has any of the pieces in play indicated by the roll of the die (eg. A three is rolled but both knights have already been captured) then the player must still move a piece BUT may move ANY one of his or her pieces still in play.