Goal: Checkmate the enemy King using standard chess moves combined with tactical Pawn Mutations!
- Gaining Soul Charges:
- Capturing Pieces: Capturing an opponent's piece instantly adds its Soul Charge to your Conduit in READY status.
- Ritual Sacrifice: Dragging one of your own non-King pieces to your Sacrifice Zone adds its Soul Charge in TAPPED status.
- Refreshing Charges: Click End Turn after making your move to refresh TAPPED charges back to READY status for your next turn.
- Pawn Promotion: Reaching the furthest back rank immediately promotes your Pawn to a Queen, Rook, Bishop, or Knight!
- Executing Mutations: Select a READY charge card in your Conduit, then move/hover over a Pawn to grant it modified movement:
- PAWN (Sidle): Move 1 square directly sideways into an empty spot.
- BISHOP (Ghost Slip): Move 1 square diagonally (forward or backward). Captures allowed!
- ROOK (Retreat): Move 1 square directly backward into an empty spot.
- KNIGHT (Leapfrog): Jump 2 squares straight forward over an adjacent piece into an empty spot.
- QUEEN (+1 Capacity): Increases max Conduit capacity to 2 slots.