Table feel
Chinese Chess has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players frequently need to react to each other's moves, but there is minimal emphasis on cooperation.
Chinese Chess
Players
2
Time
?-?
Age
8+
Weight
2.75
Rating
6.08
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.5
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
4.2
More strategic control
Replay value
Chinese Chess offers a high level of variability in each playthrough with its diverse gameboard and multiple paths to victory. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities, allowing players to continually improve their tactics and strategies. The player interaction score is moderate, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may take some time to learn, the game strikes a balance between easiness and depth. Overall, Chinese Chess has a strong replayability score of 7.85.
Luck profile
Chinese Chess has a low influence of luck. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role. Random elements have minimal impact, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning.
Overview
Despite its name, this game has nothing to do with Xiangqi, the *real* Chinese Chess. It does have original mechanics, though. BGG user chas59 states that the game was designed by Ron Dubrin of Mew York. The pieces start out filling the 6x6 board except for the central 2x2 area. Both players move both sets of pieces; the trick is that one player jumps same-coloured pieces whilst the other jumps different-coloured pieces. Jumped pieces are removed, and the object of the game is to capture 13 pieces. When you land on same/different-coloured square (there are 12 coloured squares, surrounding the central 2x2 area), you get to go again. Multiple jumps are possible. If you cannot jump, you slide, moving like a rook. Lastly, you cannot move a piece that's just been moved by the opponent.
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