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Chess variants, rules and strategy guides
Everything here is written for players who already know how the pieces move. Start with the variant library if you want a different game tonight, or the LEGATUS rulebook if you want the chess-with-cards version we build.
Guide
Chess variants: the complete list
9 playable variants compared side by side — rules, player count, difficulty and where to play each one.
RulebookLEGATUS rules
The deployment phase, the turn sequence, every board token and every Command Order card explained in one page.
VariantCrazyhouse
Captured pieces switch sides and can be dropped back onto the board — the sharpest two-player variant there is.
VariantChess960
Fischer Random: the same chess you know, with the back rank shuffled into one of 960 starting positions.