Reincarnation chess

REINCARNATION CHESS 転生チェス

In this chess variant, death is never the end. Every piece you capture is

cast back onto the Wheel — it may return as something stronger, something

weaker, on either side of the board... or it may escape the cycle for good.

Only the King stands outside samsara. It never reincarnates. Capture it,

and the game ends — there is no check, no checkmate, only the final blow.

HOW REBIRTH WORKS

Every capture (except the King) enters the Wheel:

- It might vanish permanently, released from samsara.

- It might return as a random piece type, appearing on a random empty

  square — for either side, not necessarily its own.

- A reborn piece sometimes carries a Past-Life Memory: a one-time move

  using its previous form's rules, before the memory fades forever.

LAWS OF REBIRTH — pick your rules before each match

◆ KARMA — The more a side captures, the worse its own reincarnations

  become. Play with restraint, and your reborn pieces come back stronger.

◆ BOND — Pieces reincarnated near one another form a bond, making them

  more likely to return again if they fall.

◆ ENLIGHTENMENT — A piece reincarnated three times attains Enlightenment

  and can never be captured again.

Mix and match all three, or play with the base rules alone — every

combination changes how the board evolves.

PLAY YOUR WAY

- Choose White or Black.

- Choose your opponent: Easy (instinctual), Normal (calculating), or

  Hard (thinks ahead).

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Nothing on this board stays what it was for long.