Object: Checkmate the opponent's King by attacking it so it cannot escape. To see a description of how a piece moves right-click on it to bring up its properties dialog. This first variant in the set is Aerial Chess - Standard I. It uses Archers and Catapults with standard jumping and capture capabilities.

Aerial Chess is played on a 12x8 board and includes two new pieces--Archer and Catapult, which I borrowed from my Round Table Chess variants. The name Aerial comes from the fact that the Archer's arrows and the Catapults rocks fall from the sky--an aerial attack. The Archer and Catapult have three power levels: Standard, Strong, and Super that are used in the corresponding variants.