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Rules assistance for Chess Equalizer
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
Rules assistant for Chess Equalizer
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Chess Equalizer is an expansion for Chess released in 1990 for 2 players. It was designed by Fred Pennington and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling.
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About the game
A pair of special d10 dice with Chess pieces as dice face symbols. One die is white, the other red. The instructions are on a single page, and include eight different variants for playing chess: The Equalizer Game The Weaker Choice Game The Chance Game Back to Backs Captured Input Captured Forecast Captured Forecast Specific Capture or Cast No actual packaging beyond a ziplock bag.
Editions
- Chess EqualizerenGamescience1990
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Questions and answers
Chess Equalizer supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Chess Equalizer belongs to these categories: Abstract Strategy and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Chess Equalizer are: Fred Pennington. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Chess Equalizer as an expansion for Chess. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Chess to use it. Check that your edition of Chess is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.