| The game runs like normal chess, however Black has a single MotherKing. This piece can bear Frogs, one per move. It is no problem for Black when Frogs are beaten, she may simply bear new ones. The Frogs help to defend the MotherKing against the powers of White.
White loses, when checkmated. Black loses, when the MotherKing is checkmated. Black is not allowed to have more than 4 Frogs on the board simultaneously. This artificial rule helps to balance the chances.
The idea for the game came when we meditated about the Zillions game "Kings or Lemmings".
For us it is most fun either to play with White against Zillions or to watch Zillions in quick autoplay, for instance with 2 seconds per move.
Thanks to Chris Huntoon for allowing us to use the nice frog graphics from his game "Leapfrog". |
