✗ WoF ︱ Icebreaker

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30s | 2

Gamerules

Play for Mate, Stalemate Loses

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notes: this game is quite unlike any other game on chess.com to this date, your goal is to stalemate your opponent instead of checkmate. the game is very like a horde of games online, but i found it could be moved to chess.com. - on your turn you have two options : a. move your king b. break a tile on the map, do this by placing a brick from your supply strategy: you usually don't want to place bricks right away, because when both players are trapped, then whoever has more bricks left will win. there is no 50-move rule, because of the pawns on the side, the zombies will continuously break tiles, they go in between player turns. what i have found to be the most effective strategy is to wait until the board starts filling up, and try to capture your opponent in as few block places as possible. then try to escape your opponent and make them place more blocks to capture your than you took. also, the dead pieces are a reward for staying by the edge of the map. - tips - when your iceberg is shrinking (your king is running out of legal moves) try to head over to some dead pieces, they will allow you one more turn as your opponent cant place on them - learning about king opposition is important, you can block your opponent with your king, but watch that you don't get trapped - sometimes when your opponent is trying to trap you, and you have an extra tempo (you just moved into an open area) you can turn around and go on the offensive, by placing a block by your opponent. then if your opponent moves, you can keep placing by them until they are trapped. - if you can, try to trap your opponent before you are trapped, this is because if you are trapped, you can ONLY place blocks, you can not chose to skip a tempo by moving. that said, you sometimes want to try to corral your opponent into an area, then hope that the randos start filling it up. all in all, i am not sure that i have the position the very best it can be, but it is very unique, and so there is an open market. Ps - before people ask, yes i have already tested with royal wasirs, they get trapped right away, i am very sure the king is the best unit, although a queen might be more strategic, as you have to be concerned with long files and rows, but with queens both players can get to the center faster, the they just sit around and wait for the board to fill up.