Zillions of Games file for Hostage Chess

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This is a zip file of a rules file for Zillions of Games and its accompanying graphics. Zillions of Games is a Windows program that will let you play any puzzle or strategy board game you can feed it the rules and graphics for.

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Hostage Chess is a Zillions-of-Games file. It is categorized as: Orthodox chess, .

Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: John Leslie.

Other Information

The board used for this game has 8 row(s), 8 column(s), 64 cells/squares.
This game is a 2 player game.

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• Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By John Leslie.
• Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Leslie.
• Hostage Chess. Play this Chessgi-like game in which no pieces change sides. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: John Leslie.
• Hostage Chess: Sample games. Missing description By John Leslie.

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Power Mover. A variant of Hostage Chess with self-capture, promotion and demotion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kazuto Asai.

SC-Chess. Variant of Hostage Chess which allows self-capture and other minor rule changes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kazuto Asai.

Trade Chess. Captured pieces can be dropped, with restrictions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Brady .