I've seen a 4 player variant on an ordinary 8x8 board, where each player has 4 pawns, 1 knight, 1 bishop, and 1 rook.
Something like this:
lichess.org/editor/rp2NKBR/bp2PPPP/kp6/np6/6pn/6pk/PPPP2pb/RBKN2pr_w_-_-_0_1
With the pawns each headed toward a different side of the board.
In this variant, kings are captured, not checkmated. When a king is captured, a player is eliminated, and that player's pieces can no longer move (they're just obstacles that can be captured basically). Pawns that reach their end rank promote into rooks.
It would be very cool to get support for this as a variant on Lichess. It'd make it easier for me to get some of my friends into chess for sure. People like party games!
Thanks for considering.
Something like this:
lichess.org/editor/rp2NKBR/bp2PPPP/kp6/np6/6pn/6pk/PPPP2pb/RBKN2pr_w_-_-_0_1
With the pawns each headed toward a different side of the board.
In this variant, kings are captured, not checkmated. When a king is captured, a player is eliminated, and that player's pieces can no longer move (they're just obstacles that can be captured basically). Pawns that reach their end rank promote into rooks.
It would be very cool to get support for this as a variant on Lichess. It'd make it easier for me to get some of my friends into chess for sure. People like party games!
Thanks for considering.