Battle chess set free#
Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.Every player has his own team and a certain work ethic. Ho-Oh and Lugia are not considered lost pieces for this count. To use Lugia, the player must have lost four pieces. To use Ho-Oh, the player must have lost three pieces. Up to two squares orthogonally or one square diagonally
One square diagonally forward or orthogonally Up to two squares diagonally or one square directly backward One square directly forward, one square diagonally forward, or one square directly backwardĪny number of free squares diagonally or one square directly backward Up to two squares directly forward, up to two squares diagonally backward or one square horizontally One square directly forward or diagonally backward Uniquely, when Magikarp is damaged and flipped over, it reveals its evolution Gyarados on the other side of the piece. Each player starts with two Magikarp, two Meowth, one Charizard, one Pikachu, one Venusaur and one Egg containing Togepi. Gameplay for Pokémon Battle Chess and Pokémon Battle Chess BW Version is nearly identical however, different Pokémon are used. The board and packaging for Pokémon Battle Chess Up to two squares vertically or one square horizontally Up to two squares diagonally forward or directly backward or one square directly forward, horizontally or diagonally backward One square diagonally forward, directly backward, or horizontally One square diagonally forward or directly backward Up to two squares diagonally or one square directly forward Up to two squares directly forward, one square diagonally forward, or one square directly backwardĪny number of free squares diagonally or one square directly forward Usually power is lowered after damage but Emboar and Victini's power is raised. The egg can be damaged three times, each time a part going out of play, then the Victini hatches and behaves like a normal piece. When pieces are damaged for the first time, they are turned over and the second time they are damaged, they are removed.
A Legend Piece can be placed anywhere on the board, presuming there is room, but being placed on the board resets the count for a Legend Piece to be placed and ends the turn. Legend Pieces can only be placed on the board when the player loses a specific amount of non-Legend Pieces - three for Zekrom, four for Reshiram.
Battle chess set plus#
If they have the same power after the Plus Power, no one is damaged. If the attacking Pokémon has more power after the Plus Power, the defender is damaged if the defender has more, the attacker is damaged. If a +70 is drawn or if the deck runs out, all the cards get shuffled back into the deck immediately. If it has less or equal, it draws a Plus Power card, boosting the power +0, +20, +30, +40 or +70 (note that +0 is in the deck twice). Unlike chess, there is a concept of power: if the attacker has more power than the defender, then it attacks instantly. Pieces are only allowed to move and attack in certain directions. The aim of the game is to beat the opponent's Victini.
Each player also has Reshiram and Zekrom, so-called "Legend Pieces", that take up a 2x2 grid on the board and that can only be placed in certain circumstances. A second version, simply named Pokémon Battle Chess, was released on and a final version named Pokémon Battle Chess W (Japanese: ポケモンバトルチェスW) was released on Decem.Įach player starts with two Patrat, two Zoroark, one Serperior, one Emboar, one Samurott, and one Egg containing Victini. The first version of the game, Pokémon Battle Chess BW Version (Japanese: ポケモンバトルチェス BWバージョン), was released on Decem, and prior to this a demo was made available for players online as Pokémon Battle Chess WEB (Japanese: ポケモンバトルチェス WEB).
Battle chess set series#
Pokémon Battle Chess (Japanese: ポケモンバトルチェス Pokémon Battle Chess) is a series of board games published by The Pokémon Company in Japan, based on the game of chess, with some aspects of shogi, in which the traditional chess pieces are replaced with Pokémon. Reason: Needs information on Pokémon Battle Chess W gameplay Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it.