Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess

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Description

A sequel to the original Battle Chess, this game takes on a more Chinese approach, both in the rules of the game and in the presentation.

Using a Chinese variation of the game of Chess, pieces like the Queen and Bishop are replaced by Counsellors, Ministers, and Cannon. Pieces behave differently than their European counterparts and even the board is set up differently. Two things remain the same: the ultimate goal of checkmating the opposing player's king and the Battlechess style animated battles that occur when two pieces contend for the same spot on the board.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Battle Chess series
• Genre: Board game - Chinese chess / Xiangqi
• Setting: Chinese

User Reviews

Once the novelty wears off... It's not too bad, but one glaring rules omission ruins it

DOS

Kasey Chang (4617)

Critic Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	DOS	Jan, 1991	895 out of 1000	90
Amiga Action	Amiga	Sep, 1991	86 out of 100	86
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Sep, 1991	8.8 out of 12	73
Play Time	Amiga	Oct, 1991	68 out of 100	68
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Sep, 1991	65 out of 100	65
Power Play	DOS	Dec, 1990	63 out of 100	63
PC Leisure	DOS	Nov, 1990		60
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Nov, 1995	C+	58
PC-Spiele '92	DOS	1991	4 out of 10	40
Amiga Power	Amiga	Oct, 1991		33

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Trivia

Chess rules

Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess actually did NOT implement one of the Chinese chess rules, which says the two kings may not face each other in the same file with no intervening pieces. This makes checkmating the king somewhat harder than it should be, especially in games with very few pieces left on the board.