So, here it is, the variant of Chess for four players.

The board starts like this.

Pieces are marked like so:

P= Pawn
C= Castle
H= Horse
B= Bishop
Q= Queen
K= King

As you will notice, the board is basically the same.  The few differences are as follows.  A> Obvuiously, there are four sets of pieces instead of two.  B> No matter what side you start on, the King is always on your left.  The piece all move as they do in normal chess, and the game itslef is not very different.  He are a list of the general changes.

RULES THAT DIFFER FROM CHESS:

Random First Player:
        With four players, the order of play can be seriously important to the outcome of the game.  The player to go first should be decided randomly, and the order of play should go clockwise.

To Take a King:
        A King can be taken in two ways.

        1> A classic checkmate utalizing any opposing pieces.  If this happens, the King is immediatly removed from the board, and no piece has to actually take the King.

        2> If a piece you control has the ability to take a king on your turn you can take it.

Wandering Soldiers:
        When a player is removed from the game, thier pieces remain on the board, lifeless.  They cannot move, but can be taken.  They are also have no power and cannot aid in a checkmate.

Non-Aggression Pact:
        This is not a required rule, but I think it makes the game much more strategic.  What it says is that you cannot attack a player that has not attacked you.  Obviously, sombody has to attack or the game would not advance, so it is legal to attack before the pact is broken, but doing so gives the apposing force full rights to pummel you.  You cannot call a check on a King which you still have the pact.  Nor can you take the King if you have the opprotunity.

Pawn to Queen:
        To clear this up, as in normal chess, the Pawn must get to the complete other side to become a queen (In other words, you can't slank into one of your side opponent's edges and get a queen).

That is all the rules I can think of to Feudalism.
 
 

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