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Morphomania

 
By Gerd P. Degens

 

The game requires a 9 x 9 board. The pieces change depending on the color of the square reached or the rank achieved.

Setup

Pieces

Standard set of pieces - plus archbishop, chancellor, amazon and dragon horse. Details in the rule section.

Notes

 

Play it !
files=9 ranks=9 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NBRQHACZ maxPromote=2 graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png stalemate=win baring=0 royal=K pawn:P:fWfcnD:pawn:a2,c2,e2,g2,i2,,a8,c8,e8,g8,i8 morph=/.S.S.S.S./S.S.S.S.S/.S.S.S.S./S.S.S.S.S/.S.S.S.S./S.S.S.S.S/.S.S.S.S./ speedpawn:S:fWfnDfcnH:chinesepawn:b2,d2,f2,h2,,b8,d8,f8,h8 morph=/P.P.P.P.P/.P.P.P.P./P.P.P.P.P/.P.P.P.P./P.P.P.P.P/.P.P.P.P./P.P.P.P.P/ knight:N:N:knight:b1,h1,,b9,h9 morph=ANANANANA/NANANANAN/ANANANANA/NANANANAN/ANANANANA/NANANANAN/ANANANANA/NANANANAN/ANANANANA bishop:B:B:bishop:c1,g1,,c9,g9 morph=BBBBBBBBB/HHHHHHHHH/BBBBBBBBB/HHHHHHHHH/BBBBBBBBB/HHHHHHHHH/BBBBBBBBB/HHHHHHHHH/BBBBBBBBB dragon horse:H:BW:promotedbishop: morph=BBBBBBBBB/HHHHHHHHH/BBBBBBBBB/HHHHHHHHH/BBBBBBBBB/HHHHHHHHH/BBBBBBBBB/HHHHHHHHH/BBBBBBBBB rook:R:R:rook:a1,i1,,a9,i9 morph=RCRCRCRCR/CRCRCRCRC/RCRCRCRCR/CRCRCRCRC/RCRCRCRCR/CRCRCRCRC/RCRCRCRCR/CRCRCRCRC/RCRCRCRCR queen:Q:Q:queen:d1,f1,,d9,f9 morph=ZQZQZQZQZ/QZQZQZQZQ/ZQZQZQZQZ/QZQZQZQZQ/ZQZQZQZQZ/QZQZQZQZQ/ZQZQZQZQZ/QZQZQZQZQ/ZQZQZQZQZ archbishop:A:BN:cardinal: morph=ANANANANA/NANANANAN/ANANANANA/NANANANAN/ANANANANA/NANANANAN/ANANANANA/NANANANAN/ANANANANA chancellor:C:RN:chancellor: morph=RCRCRCRCR/CRCRCRCRC/RCRCRCRCR/CRCRCRCRC/RCRCRCRCR/CRCRCRCRC/RCRCRCRCR/CRCRCRCRC/RCRCRCRCR amazon:Z:QN:amazon: morph=ZQZQZQZQZ/QZQZQZQZQ/ZQZQZQZQZ/QZQZQZQZQ/ZQZQZQZQZ/QZQZQZQZQ/ZQZQZQZQZ/QZQZQZQZQ/ZQZQZQZQZ king:K:KisO3:king:e1,,e9


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By Gerd P. Degens.

Last revised by Gerd Degens.


Web page created: 2024-03-20. Web page last updated: 2024-06-05

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