Methods and devices for playing board game

Abstract

A modified chess game is disclosed including a game board having 81 squares arranged in nine columns and nine rows, wherein the first and second rows respectively define outer and inner wards for first and second players. Example game pieces for each player include a king, a housecarl, a templar, two lancers, two archers, two priests, and eight sentries, having initial positions, from left to right along the first row, a first lancer, a first priest, a first archer, the housecarl, the king, the templar, a second archer, a second priest, and a second lancer, and from left to right along the second row, four sentries in the first four squares, an empty square, and the remaining four sentries in the last four squares.

1 . A modified chess game comprising:
 a game board having 81 squares arranged in nine columns and nine rows, the squares having alternating colors, wherein the first and second rows respectively define a first outer ward and a first inner ward for a first player, and the eighth and ninth rows respectively define a second inner ward and a second outer ward for a second player; and   first and second sets of game pieces corresponding respectively to the first and second players, each set of game pieces comprising a king, a housecarl, a templar, two lancers, two archers, two priests, and eight sentries, wherein an initial position of the first set of game pieces comprises, from left to right along the first row, a first lancer, a first priest, a first archer, the housecarl, the king, the templar, a second archer, a second priest, and a second lancer, and from left to right along the second row, four sentries in the first four squares, an empty square, and the remaining four sentries in the last four squares, and wherein an initial position of the second set of game pieces mirrors the first set and is positioned in the eighth and ninth rows.   
     
     
         2 . The modified chess game of  claim 1 , wherein the third through seventh rows define a theatre, and wherein the first and second inner wards are raised with respect to the theatre. 
     
     
         3 . The modified chess game of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second outer wards are raised with respect to the first and second inner wards. 
     
     
         4 . The modified chess game of  claim 1 , wherein the third through seventh rows define a theatre, and wherein the first and second inner wards are raised with respect to the theatre, and the first and second outer wards are raised with respect to the first and second inner wards. 
     
     
         5 . The modified chess game of  claim 1 , wherein the third through seventh rows define a theatre, and wherein the game board includes two raised walls respectively separating the first and second inner wards from the theatre. 
     
     
         6 . The modified chess game of  claim 1 , wherein the game board includes two raised walls separating the first and second outer wards from the first and second inner wards respectively. 
     
     
         7 . The modified chess game of  claim 1 , wherein the third through seventh rows define a theatre, and wherein the game board includes a first set of two raised walls respectively separating the first and second inner wards from the theatre, and a second set of two raised walls separating the first and second outer wards from the first and second inner wards respectively. 
     
     
         8 - 18 . (canceled) 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory, computer-readable medium, having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause performance of a set of acts comprising:
 providing a game board having 81 squares arranged in nine columns and nine rows, the squares having alternating colors, wherein the first and second rows respectively define a first outer ward and a first inner ward for a first player, the third through seventh rows define a theatre, and the eighth and ninth rows respectively define a second inner ward and a second outer ward for a second player; and   providing first and second sets of game pieces corresponding respectively to the first and second players, each set of game pieces comprising a king, a housecarl, a templar, two lancers, two archers, two priests, and eight sentries;   initially positioning the first set of game pieces at a start of the game, from left to right along the first row, in an order comprising a first lancer, a first priest, a first archer, the housecarl, the king, the templar, a second archer, a second priest, and a second lancer, and from left to right along the second row in an order comprising four sentries in the first four squares, an empty square, and the remaining four sentries in the last four squares; and   initially positioning the second set of game pieces at the start of the game in an order mirroring the first set of game pieces, in the eighth and ninth rows.