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Royal Fury A Zillions-of-Games file . A Futuristic Chessery Game - relaxed win rules.

Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.

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A Futuristic Chessery Game - relaxed win rules.

Royal Fury is played on a 10x10 field. It's forces consist of:

Advancer[A] steps one forward orthogonal, forward right diagonal or forward left diagonal. Promotes to Jumper on the opposing half of the field.
Capricorn[C] slides diagonal or orthogonal through vacant cells. It captures all opposing pieces which are then located adjacent.
Dragon[D] slides diagonal or orthogonal through vacant cells. Upon encountering an opposing piece, it may capture by leaping over it to a vacant cell beyond. If it performs a capture, it may continue to make captures in any direction unless its position results in becoming frozen by the gaze of an opposing Gorgon or Fury.
Fury[F] combines the powers of the Capricorn, Dragon, Gorgon, Harpy, Jumper and Ximaera.
Gorgon[G] slides diagonal or orthogonal through vacant cells, and may capture an opposing piece on its last. It also has the power to freeze any opposing piece which falls under its gaze which being a direct diagonal or orthogonal without obstuction, including an opponent Gorgon.
Harpy[H] slides diagonal or orthogonal through vacant cells. It captures by leaping any one piece, friend or foe, to take the next opposing piece regardless of the number of cells away.
Jumper[J] leaps one orthogonal then one diagonal to vacant or enemy-occupied cells.
Mimotaur[M] slides diagonal or orthogonal through vacant cells. Captures opposing pieces with their own specific powers. Is able to freeze the Gorgon and Fury, and swap positions with the Ximaera.
Ximaera[X] slides diagonal or orthogonal through vacant cells. Upon encountering an opposing piece, it is able to take its position and send the opposing piece to its starting position.

The game is won by capturing both opposing Furies. Under the strict rules, if both players lose a Fury the game is drawn. In this implementation, the game is lost if stalemated or unable to perform a move during any turn.

Check out the RulesOfRoyalFury.txt file supplied with this implementation.

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The board used for this game has 10 row(s), 10 column(s), 100 cells/squares.
This game is a 2 player game.

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Royal Fury A Zillions-of-Games file

. A Futuristic Chessery Game - relaxed win rules.

📝Larry Smith wrote on Thu, Jul 9, 2009 11:38 AM EDT:

I should have said that the Immobilizer of Ultima might be considered a 'near-sighted' Gorgon. :)

Mark Thompson wrote on Thu, Jul 9, 2009 10:50 AM EDT:

Ultima was also written up by Martin Gardner in his Scientific American column sometime in the 1960s, and became fairly widely known from that. What inspired what is mainly of historical interest, but also might direct people who are interested in games like Ultima or Maxima to check out Royal Fury.

John Lawson wrote on Thu, Jul 9, 2009 12:07 AM EDT:

I became a chess variantist in 1962, so yes I know how hard information was to find in the olden days.

Bob Abbott published a paperback book 'Abbott's New Card Games', Funk and Wagnalls, $0.95, in 1963, containing the rules to Ultima, so the possibility of cross-fertilization is there.  I happen to have two copies.

But does it matter really?  I see no reason to be concerned with 'primacy'.  They are different games, inspired by an idea that could occur to anyone.

📝Larry Smith wrote on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 07:48 PM EDT:

Okay, Royal Fury resembles Ultima. |-]

Though did either game really have contact with the other? Chess variants, at that time, were not so widely published. Though many Chess Clubs had either newsletters, or collections, which featured many variants.

The Mimotaur of Royal Fury and the Chameleon of Ultima seem to be the only piece in common. Though the Immobilizer of Ultima might be considered a short-range Gorgon.

John Lawson wrote on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 02:54 PM EDT:

According to the 'Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants', Royal Fury is dated 1972, and Ultima is dated 1961.