Some 25 years ago I invented a 2-players game that was widely played here in Genova, in live tournaments with the name “Knights assaulting the king”. Later I published a 4-players version of it in the central pages of a games magazine called GiocArea with the name “Checkers and Knights”.

The rules are awfully simple:

1. Pieces move and eat like the knight in chess.
2. The goal of the game is to bring 1 (2 players) or 4 (4 players) pieces on the last opponent’s line.


The game develops in long sequences of eatings that generally leave on the board a few pieces, and last not more then 30/50 moves, although it can easily happen to reach the goal much before.

With 2 players the second configuration is a little bit more strategic: there are fewer pieces and the goal is harder to reach, leading to a more defensive strategy. Anyway the game with 2 players on the second configuration can be some sometimes static and I prefer the first configuration, while with 4 players the second one is much better.

I’d incredibly grateful with Richard if ever this game could be implemented on LG!

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Italian rules 2-players version

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Italian rules 4-players version

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What do you think about them?
Of course on LG I’d see better the 2-players version, if this could ever happen.