How to play Chess Unbound

[@ragequitf9716]

its chess but instead of the pieces themselves, its the tiles that determine the moves. very cool

[@16_rafi44]

Ive played a game with my friend using additional rules that, if your pieces or pawn gets attacked, you can capture the attacking pieces in your turn Im sure there is a game with that rule

[@sonal8109]

@@16_rafi44 I think you are refering to chess itself. If I am being mistaken, please forgive me and explain better.

[@16_rafi44]

basicaly you are allowed to move like normal , but the capturing process are reversed, example: queen moved and attacked my knight, so i just move my knight to capture the queen

[@maxwellquipey1]

@@16_rafi44 So it's like Checkers (that's how it is played where i'm from)

[@MrAlsachti]

@@16_rafi44 What's the difference between attacking and capturing? Do you mean that to capture a piece, you must move according to the movement rules of that piece? For instance, a rook moves orthogonally, but to capture a bishop, it must move diagonally?

[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

I love how it's neatly designed. Pawns let you see the tile which is obviously important, while kings do not since they move according to their own rule and not the tiles.

[@ShankarSivarajan]

It's a little annoying since you still need to know what's under the king for swapping and teleporting.

[@joshyycute5823]

The teleport tile is OP and interesting. This is a great game

[@cobalius]

Yeah and swamping the teleport tile around looks like a tactic

[@dialgasdreaded9367]

enemy pawn: I've got you now! your pawn: oh, really? look down. enemy pawn falls for it sees a teleport tile, then looks back up. your pawn: hey, where are you looking, I'm behind you! enemy pawn rages knowing they can't attack the space the pawn is on now, because it's diagonal to them and they are on a squire tile.

[@pinguin4898]

there are only two of them though, and as much as you might want to place it near your army it would be also highly risky because you would be in danger of getting your king captured

[@victoria6439]

Not really op. There’s only specific spaces to land on.

[@pairot01]

it's like your piece has the influence of many kings, depending on how many teleporter tile there are. Can you teleport to the same gate? Meaning, does the piece control the 8 squares around itself?

[@honeyjuice219]

I just realized at the end that it's not a chess mod but instead a chess inspired game. kinda blew my mind in the end

[@erner_wisal]

same here

[@myleenhernandez7458]

Dffff

[@gamerboy0499]

honey :3

[@jerri1918]

He doesnt say "Its the same as normal chess but with these changes" ... thats how you know this one's special

[@IcaroCamposdeAPinto]

It's a chess fangame

[@markimoojr5161]

This is just chess camp before the chess war, the pawns are learning whether they should be a knight, bishop, or queen, or rook

[@jeremychicken3339]

Ah yes, chess L O R E

[@markimoojr5161]

@@jeremychicken3339 😂

[@animorte9790]

This made my day, thank you.

[@laurenzfitzner]

It seems like we are getting some chess lore!

[@nightshadow2794]

they are getting a feel for it when they reach the end and promote so they know what to do when they achieve it

[@SirTowerOfZaid]

It didn't say "the rules are the same of regular chess, except for this changes"... Man, I can feel we're in for a wild journey

[@vnXun]

Evil Triple S: "The rules aren't the same as regular chess, including these changes"

[@renklad]

lol

[@sans-real9473]

"And turns proceed counterclockwise."

[@emberdragon4248]

"Your pawns may promote when they reach your own edge of the board"

[@quoccuongtranle2328]

he's not evil

[@vnXun]

@@quoccuongtranle2328 of course he isn't, it's a meme bro

[@gabemerritt3139]

I feel like the check and checkmate rules from chess came from people being good sports. "Hey don't do that move or you'll lose next turn" kinda mentality. On a grandmaster level there is largely no difference between chess with and without the check rules. Because if the king could be captured they would protect it. The only way to win would be checkmate.

[@oenrn]

There IS a difference: you are not legally allowed to move your king into check, so if that's the only option available, it's a draw. Without the check rule, you would simply move your king and have it captured the next turn, and thus lose.

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

@@oenrn and that would be better, because having a draw because one player has only a king that cannot move onto any space without being checked is dumb.

[@kirtil5177]

@@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts it still requires skill because if you only have a king, your moves are VERY limited against even a pair of knights

[@harmonicarchipelgo9351]

You also can't castle out of or through check, which actually changes your options. Also, even GM's occasionally (albeit VERY rarely) miss checks in very tight time pressure and thus make illegal moves.

[@Ptaku93]

@@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts I see you are yet to discover the joy of the Rosen trap

[@goatgamer001]

This is technically a chess variant that is so far from OG chess its considered a different game

[@goatgamer001]

Wow thanks for 113 likes

[@zackbuildit88]

Any alternating turn-based game played on a finite size grid is though, so that’s kinda cheating

[@0mathgaming]

@@zackbuildit88 What about checkers?

[@MatthewCampbell765]

Strangely, this game is arguably more like chess than some of the games they called chess variants (like Diplomat Chess).

[@AlanRedgown]

For another chess-like game where moves are dictated by the tiles, see All the King’s Men or Smess: The Ninny’s Chess (the game went by both names, in different regions). In that game, the tiles are never moved, though.

[@AlanRedgown]

@SPINE BONG Eh, at least the spaces are pretty varied, and there are pieces that can move one space in the direction of an arrow on the space and some that can move as many spaces in that direction as you want. I think it’s a pretty fun game.

[@abox1942]

s m e s s

[@Manabender]

Tile counts per player, in case someone wants to make this in Tabletop Simulator or something: Swap: 2 Teleport: 2 Queen: 3 Rook: 5 Knight: 5 Bishop: 5 Squire: 10 Each player gets one set of these tiles; total tiles on the board is double this.

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

Thanks now I'll make a quick video game with those rules to see how this plays and how AI plays.

[@gcubing_4064]

Me: Reads chess in the title. Doesn't hear "Rules are the same as regular chess, exept for these changes" AAAAAAAAHHHHHH

[@sanskarthepro]

Because it isn't actually a mod of chess?

[@XFGHL78E]

A Chess game with literal telefrag…

[@Eliza-hb1nc]

good joke here take this like

[@caramelcupcakes]

My man who made this really did just made an Undertale from an Earthbound.

[@infrakazos]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@daguido742]

this analogy makes.....a surprising amount of sense

[@nigoulenoblehiboux9812]

Where's the deltarune that improved on the undertale mechanics?

[@Bacony_Cakes]

earthtale

[@caramelcupcakes]

@@nigoulenoblehiboux9812 maybe 5d chess unbound or something lmao

[@TheAdhdGaming]

3:09 hahahahahahahahaha me when u chair stacking chairs me when i stack the chairs in a stack me when chair stack

[@bisexuallemon964]

Alas, the poor sod had a stroke mid comment

[@pinkylandoy3]

[@fachrimahardika1656]

When he stack chair

[@animorte9790]

I look forward to seeing discussions on how the meta develops for best location setups.

[@croutendo2050]

Are discussions about the meta different from the meta?

[@samuellinn]

@@croutendo2050 the discussion about the meta comes before the meta

[@croutendo2050]

@@samuellinn here I am thinking it comes after like a chump

[@tsawy6]

This is my biggest hesitation, seems like a glut of strategy comes before anyone has made any moves, making it hard to plan out

[@NWRIBronco6]

A cool re-imagining of chess! Reminds me a little of "The Duke".

[@orisphera]

2:00 It doesn't matter what the order of the parts of the move is, so this should be treated as a way to memorize the move and it's not the only one; my favorite one is that it moves to the nearest space that a queen can't. UPD: a reply made me realize that this formulation can be misunderstood; what I meant was that it moves to the nearest space a queen in its position on an otherwise empty board can't

[@MrOrzech1]

"moves to the nearest space that a queen can't" That makes so much sense. Why did I never notice that?

[@rogercline5377]

Phrasing plays in here, and I know what you mean, but perhaps, "The nearest space that, if it were a queen, it couldn't"? "The nearest space that a queen can't" - there might be a queen on the board that can move to one of the spaces that a knight can move to.

[@orisphera]

@@rogercline5377 Your formulation is also not exactly correct. If there is a knight and another piece (which can be another knight) right next to each other, by your formulation it can jump over that piece and move two spaces in one direction without moving in the other one

[@rogercline5377]

@@orisphera okay, so long as we're getting technical...😁 Perhaps use yours except replace "can't" with "couldn't"... Can't implies the knight and queen could share a space.

[@orisphera]

,@@rogercline5377 I mean that it's on the corresponding place on another board. If you count that as sharing a place, any two pieces can do so

[@edspace.]

Had a new idea for a chess variant, DEFCON chess: All moves are the same except that there is also a clock that is stopped at 23:30 or 11:30 PM (any time references can be adjusted for difficulty level). Every time a piece is taken a clock is wound forward by 2 minutes. If a pawn is promoted or a piece which had the opportunity to take an enemy piece but doesn't take any pieces the clock is wound back by 2 minutes. If the clock reaches midnight then DEFCON 1 is reached and both sides launch their nuclear weapons (all pieces are removed from the board and the board is turned over) at this point all players lose the game. The first player to checkmate their opponent (unless DEFCON 1 is reached in order to do so, in which case everyone loses) wins.

[@deadersurvival4716]

So, chess, but both players share 15 captures.

[@edspace.]

@@deadersurvival4716 Probably, although if a piece refuses to capture a piece they can then there capture limit grows. But largely a limited capture chess (with the limit adjustable so the clock can start the game closer to midnight to make it harder or further from midnight to make the game easier).

[@edspace.]

@SPINE BONG Is that what this chess variant is called?

[@edspace.]

@SPINE BONG Fair enough, unfortunately I haven't read Mandom or much Manga at all (I don't know Japanese, English is something of a challenge). Thanks for the thought though.

[@edspace.]

@SPINE BONG Fair enough, shows how culturally unaware I am, I'll look up Mandom and see what I can come up with.

[@miketacos9034]

“It’s over Anakin! I have the swap tile!” “You underestimate my teleport tile!” “Don’t try it.”

[@hassanalihusseini1717]

That sounds like a very cool version! I would like to try it.

[@ThePondermatic]

So much of this game is played before either player makes their first move. There's got to be an insanely deep strategy to how you place your tiles so your positions are easily defended while still giving you clear access to your opponent.

[@Vitorruy1]

kind boring ngl, I'd just place them randomly

[@elfinstuff8934]

Very interesting. I’d like to see a parallel universe where this gets popular and see the different tile setup metas.

[@CTF_Doc]

Bro this mods for chess are straight 🔥. Feels like the HOI4 modding community decided to go to Chess XD

[@rccubing907]

I got an idea, Regular chess is applied but because the centerboard is the most important tiles.. Each move of a player will turn the 4 square on the center clockwise. As an example When white first move is d4, the centerboard turns clockwise and ended up the white pawn to d5, When black moves e5, the centerboard turns makes white pawn moves to e5 while black pawn will moved to e4 , then the en passant cannot perform by the white because it is not in a correct position.En passant can do in a centerboard once the WHITE pawn is on e4, and black moves the pawn from f7 down to f5(creates a 2tile jump) and because the centerboard turns clockwise, white pawn will ended up to e5 which allow the white to do the En Passant. So yea, each move makes the centerboard rotates clockwise...

[@NovaAge]

this isn't a chess variant because making any game where you can't make a piece fall over by hitting it from the top and calling it a chess mod is insulting.

[@devinnall2284]

Chess inspired then

[@SuperCrazyfin]

The rules ARENT the same as regular chess except for these changes?

[@ellies_silly_zoo]

For a refresher of those rules, don't check out this video.

[@wasgehtdichdasan7219]

@@ellies_silly_zoo For no Refresher of those Rules, dont check out this video

[@mrpokemon1186]

Love how you can telefrag the enemies

[@amgwilly565]

They did it they finally made Chess 2

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

That looks original and fun, good job!

[@limuelmagbanua3137]

i have been watching these different chess games for a while now.

[@gabrielg2395]

Wow, Chess is looking super!

[@4ardW0rKINGbarn1CAL]

Now I want to see this game but in hexagons

[@ROOKTABULA]

0:58. Thanks for this. Just picked up a new copy last week. Question: How do you add those red highlight rings so they go under the pawns? Do you do that manually or some sort of software?

[@TripleSGames]

I manually rotoscope.

[@КириллСевастьянов-ж9ь]

Captured pieces are removed from the board and may no longer be used, that's why the squire tile only allows to move 1 space horizontally and vertically.

[@LordMayorOfDairyBell]

I can see a variant that has the tiles be one side and you flip them to see what move you're allowed to make.

[@_lunartemis]

So, with the teleport tile, I can make my first move capturing the King if my pawn starts on a Teleport tile and there is a Teleport tile within range for the opponent's king?

[@elfinstuff8934]

Yes, that’s why you set up your own side’s tile placement.

[@patrickgydeaskham1530]

In what order do players put down the tiles?

[@Malv10202]

This video makes me want to buy the game

[@ShivaniGupta-wx8gc]

But if 3x3 area tiles are all swap tiles and you land on the middle tile

[@man-yp1gb]

I thought the rules said that when you move to a a swap or teleport tile you stay and don't move again till the next turn?

[@veggiet2009]

"this is not a chess variant" but what if you treated it more like a chess variant? Like you could give your pawns stickers that would determine whether or not they could castle or perform enpassant, but they'd still have to move according to the tile they are on.... Or maybe there's a designated queen piece and this piece would have the distinction of being able to perform the swap move on each turn

[@Michael_Paul585]

So if a king has no diagonal tile diagonal to it, nor straight tiles located laterally, or knight in proximity, then the king is invincible to everyone except another king?

[@darrenyi2402]

Really cool i really want one but im not to sure if here indonesin have that kind of chess

[@zhangzina8316]

Is the world board game production crashing?

[@brandonpeterson3434]

I'd love to play that

[@LeotheTiger1234]

Interesting twist on the game.

[@daniellee2037]

Interestin' style of play!

[@erickmacias5153]

You should make a video explaining Aarima

[@rogercline5377]

"This is not a chess variant," I believe, is incorrect. It uses an 8x8 chessboard, chess moves, chess pieces, the idea of capturing enemy pieces you land on, the goal of capturing the King. It is certainly inspired by chess.

[@rogercline5377]

@SPINE BONG just like every chess variant in existence.

[@rogercline5377]

@SPINE BONG it is definitely incorrect to claim Chess Unbound is not a chess variant.

[@thebrazillianguytm2186]

Definition of Chess Variats : Pick the chess game at its very base and edit it What Chess Unbound did was create a game from scratch based on chess, without being chess, i would say that its completly different

[@rogercline5377]

@@thebrazillianguytm2186 it's obviously based on chess. The moves are identical, minus a couple and plus a couple. The setup of pieces is identical, filling the first two rows adjacent to each player. The object is identical to speed chess... capture the opponent's king. The only real difference is determining how a given piece will move on any given turn. Instead of being based on the pieces, it's based on the spaces. Definitely a clear variant.

[@thebrazillianguytm2186]

@@rogercline5377 Yeah because in chess you have to capture the king right?

[@spamtongspamton9900]

king: finally i can have a reason to exist other than being a target chess unbound: lol

[@ParadoxAAA]

"You are allowed to capture opponent pawns through a teleport move." White Pawn: Heh, Nothin' personal kid. Red Pawn: NANI- *feckin dies*

[@devinnall2284]

Omaiwa shindeiru

[@magnus4437]

this seems quite fun

[@إسراءمستو-ج8ل]

How is it allowed to capture all of the pawns to win and how is this not a chess variant

[@ethanthaman2858]

I call the "pawns" in this game "servants" because it is more royal, more important and more free than the lowly pawn.

[@syahmimisnan1734]

Where to buy

[@TripleSGames]

Check the video description

[@Schregger]

Now, this seems like an interesting game.

[@wythehecknaut]

I now need this game

[@maxwellquipey1]

So there are seven types of tiles: squire, rook, bishop, knight, queen, swap & teleport.

[@azerchaii]

Why an passant is not allowed so often? This makes me sad:(

[@TheCheesyNachos]

I feel there’s a loophole with that here. Usually, en passant is forced in chess. But, as he said, this is not chess. So no en passant is okay.

[@11clocky]

@@mastery4667 it technically isn’t forced, but passing an en passant opportunity is considered a war crime.

[@TheCheesyNachos]

@@mastery4667 you definitely pipi if you don’t think en passant la are forced

[@oenrn]

En passant exists for a specific reason: to prevent the initial 2-square move from creating a passed pawn. If that scenario doesn't happen, the reason for en passant isn't there.

[@sawyerprince7304]

Cool, someone brought telefragging to chess

[@spyro2002]

i really like the teleport tile

[@littletinygamer2396]

What if a pawn is on a teleport tile and the enemy king is on a tile around a teleport

[@sikharoy5080]

Then you can capture it, hope so

[@technoeevee6969]

cool game, needs more En Passant

[@sasantpudasaini7969]

What if we make every tile swap tile

[@EricHeidenAuthor]

I need to get that game.

[@BFFHORIZON_117]

Can I Swap With Swap Tile

[@mikesmolowitz1269]

Hmm... after you swap a swap tile, you move your pawn according to the adjacent tile that just arrived under it. But if that's also a swap tile, then you have to do another swap. Theoretically, you could swap the two swap tiles back and forth forever, without completing a single turn!

[@SunroseStudios]

this kinda reminds us of Morphblade!

[@harrisonjannaway6921]

finely a game from my home planet

[@scorch8614]

Can you do tamerlane chess

[@theguywhoasked329]

That went from zero to a million real quick

[@SEOTADEO]

Cool idea

[@ningunapersona]

3:09 imagine sitting atop of that stack of pawns

[@eyowtiqrup7844]

leave

[@mattt.4395]

this would be simpler if the "knight" "bishop" "rook" and "queen" tiles just had an image of the corresponding chess piece rather than the squiggly lines.

[@bbasha6175]

The teleporting tile is not real teleporting means like teleporting far away

[@gheist-888]

I'd stuck in the analysis paralysis just at the "place the tiles" step

[@carealoo744]

How do I know if the rules are the same as regular chess except for these changes- For a refresher of those rules, check out this video?

[@Fergusand]

Man The chess community has been waiting for an update for century’s

[@prototypebunny1061]

"This is not a chess variant" *puts video in the chess variant playlist*

[@rosiefay7283]

Those tiles are fiddly. During play, with players putting piece onto them and moving them off them, they're going to wander.

[@kemcolian2001]

the tiles are inserted into holes in the board, not just laid on top

[@Lopeped-Cring]

You are literally able to see that the board has tile sized holes to fit the tiles in

[@janwarrenbunoan3795]

Also, remove all the rules of regular chess from chess. -Capture- -Castle- -Double step+En Passant- -Check+Checkmate- -Promotion- Only exception: ✔ Capturing the king to win

[@janwarrenbunoan3795]

This game is chess-based, not chess varant, so some chess rules are not allowed. (Although in only game, LITERALLY ANY chess rule is not allowed.)

[@Renzoka009]

Its a very interesting game

[@henchman1366]

Now this one's special

[@brainboy53]

I have it!

[@ІринаЄфрома]

Aren't the rules same in the regular chess?

[@XDTheEmoticon]

The roles have switched, if you will

[@azrielaurelio8342]

*places king next to teleport tile*

[@axell15thewispmaster79]

So basically, it's chamelions playing Chess

[@axell15thewispmaster79]

@@reverie02 I meant the animals. But if I typed it wrong, I am sorry

[@axell15thewispmaster79]

@@reverie02 the is that, because of the tiles, any piece can be whatever you want. Like how chamelions change their colors to whatever they want to avoid any predators

[@BasementDweller_]

Groovy game.

[@L0Fl.]

Finnally chess 2 released

[@nadeeshanperera2383]

Oh your video good story 😂😂👌 you okay thank you so much

[@arcticnerd5994]

This is insane and it would be impossible to track all the possible moves and positions.

[@rosesxnoi]

why do the pawns look like little tables

[@sikharoy5080]

"You may not move to a teleport tile itself" Me: I knew it!

[@spingus2325]

Looking forward to 5D Chess Unbound With Multiverse Timetravle

[@mikesmolowitz1269]

You could swap a swap tile with a tile from an adjacent timeline... I think.

[@cobalius]

That sounds fun

[@AJMixup]

> "Chess Unbound" > Movements are bound by tiles

[@Toast_Guy44]

I got the Minecraft trailer before this as an add and forgot I was watching a chess video

[@possessedpicklejar4762]

My brain ain’t big enough for this