2015年9月28日星期一

Game Deconstruction - Aeroplane Chess


Aeroplane Chess is a game that can be played by two to four people.  
Aeroplane Chess game board, featuring 4 starting places in each corner, a track of circumventing the board, 4 home zones, leading from the track to the end points at the center of the board. The board is divided by color of red, yellow, blue and green. There are 4 sets colored airplane pieces, red, yellow, blue and green.  One six-side die is required in this game.
The goal of game is simple locate all of your pieces to the ending point.  The winner is the person who finish first.
The game does not have many rules, such as:
1. Taxi a piece out of the hangar onto the board. This can only be done by rolling an even number.
2. Move a piece that's on the board clockwise around the track, the number of spaces indicated by the dice.
There are some additional rules: (optional)
1. A roll of 6, whether it is used to enter or move a piece, gives that player another roll. A second 6 gives the player a third roll. If the player rolls a third 6, any pieces moved by the first two 6's must return to their hangar and play passes to the next player.
2. When a plane lands on a space of its own color, it immediately jumps to the next space of its own color. Any opposing planes sitting on these squares are sent back to their hangars.
3. When a plane lands on another plane in its own fleet, the player may "stack" the pieces and move them as one piece until they reach the center or are landed on by an opponent. When stacked pieces are sent back to their hangar by an opponent landing on them, they are no longer stacked.
I played with two people, and we spent approximately 20 minutes to finish it.  In my opinion, this game definitely need luck. Especially, players need to get a six on the die to move one of pieces out of home zone to start the game.  Also, when This game needs some strategies and skill to adjust pieces on the board because your pieces might be sent back to the home zone by other player.  Also, skill is required when the pieces get into the finish zones.  Obviously, the game has so much freedom because the board of the game is huge, includes 52 spaces.


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