This is a chess variant. It requires a chess/checkers board, 6 black pawns, 5 white pawns, and the white king. The submission consists of an SVG board with the necessary pieces and rules. The game could be played entirely in Inkscape (or another SVG editor), but a printable version is included as well. More details in the announcement post: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/04/28/bodyguards-and-assassins-chess-variant/
Neat idea, and as someone with a chessboard I can play it without printing anything out! Very minimalist in technology, I appreciate the non-video games as well. Good job! To me the toughest thing about these kind of games is getting a big enough sample to playtest for balancing
I'm conflicted. This is not a video game, but the rules actually doesn't state that it should be. It just sorts of assumes it. I'm mostly positive, though.
From a practical point of view, however, it's difficult for me to play test this :(
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From a practical point of view, however, it's difficult for me to play test this :(