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Ghost of Ned Kelly

I put Ned Kelly and the Sniper 9x9 = 81 chess squares on the shelf and worked this out.

Ned Kelly was known as the infamous Iron Outlaw circa 1880 in Australia Ned and his gang had a shoot out with the Troopers while wearing home made armour.

The Ghost of Ned Kelly
By
Mango Chutney © C.J.Griffin 2014

Ages : Must know the rules of Chess
Players : Three
Format : Single game or sets play

Overview
The Ghost of Ned Kelly is a 2 tiered chess variant with role playing.
In the first tier (Earth board) the idea is to lose so you can get to the second tier (Ghost board).

Roles
1. Ned Kelly’s object on the Ghost board is to “bail-up” (rob) then escape with the booty without being captured.
2. The King’s object is to capture Ned (checkmate)
3. Charlie Yet Foy is Chinese from the Ballarat Gold Rush, Charlie stays on the ghost board and drives the Cobb and Co coach and acts as banker and handicapper. Charlie adjudicates on all discrepancies and disputes.

Pieces
King, Queen, 2 Knights, 2 Rooks and 6 pawns (pawns move one square at a time)
Ned Kelly, Joe Byrne, 2 Cockatoo, 2 Pistol and 6 bullets (moves and powers as above)
Cobb and Co coach moves 3 squares like a rook or a Knight and starts anywhere.
The Sniper (handicap piece for Ghost board) is allocated by Charlie for: side, position and powers to even up players with differing abilities.
2 Dice standard 6 sided 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Playing order
Ned starts then each turn Ned and the King have 2 moves each.
The Coach only moves when he is being robbed.

Earth Board
The game starts with a game of losing chess.
Capturing moves are mandatory and the object is to lose all one's pieces. There is no check – the king is captured like an ordinary piece. The lost pieces go to the ghost board in their starting positions and can commence play immediately.
Size
6 x 6 = 36 squares

Ghost board
Ned can only escape from the 4 corner squares.
Size = 6 x 6 = 36 squares.
Featured squares = 12 (they are robbed when Ned’s men move onto them)

Dice
The amount of booty is decided by dice.

Some thoughts

I will make the boards from paper and I will laminate it because I can.

I will try four 1/4 boards 3x3 = 36 and some artwork on the black squares instead of black squares.

Depending on what I have when I look.

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