Pressman: Chess like game with all queens
Board Setup: The board is basically like Chess with 64 squares (8X8). The difference being that the squares are not checkered (alternatively colored).
Its a two player game. Both the players have a side across the horizontal board - two rows (16 squares) of pieces [white or black]. The player with black pieces start the game.
Home row: The first row from each opponents end is called home row.
Game play: The players move alternatively. The moves are:
- Move a piece to a blank place. The pieces move like queens in chess: n number of places, back or forth, horizontally or vertically, if they are not blocked by another piece on the way.
- Capture: Move a piece to a place occupied by the opponent piece, thus capturing it. Rules of movement defined above apply.
- Regeneration: Move the piece to the opponents home row, thus regenerating a piece if a position is empty in his/her home row. This is a special move which gives the game some strategy other than kill-all.
Result: The match is won once the opponent resigns, or all the pieces of opponent are captured. The players can also call it a draw by mutual agreement.