SAMSARA

Reincarnation Chess輪廻転生チェス

Every captured piece is cast back onto the Wheel. It may return as something stronger, something weaker, on either side of the board — or it may simply escape the cycle for good. Only the King stands outside samsara: it never returns.

01 Choose your opponent's strength

02 Choose your side

03 Laws of Rebirth — optional

Karma The more a side captures, the worse its own reincarnations become. Restraint is rewarded with stronger rebirths. Bond Reincarnated pieces that appear next to one another form a bond, making them slightly more likely to return again if captured. Enlightenment A piece that has reincarnated 3 times attains Enlightenment and can never be captured again.

Always active: any captured piece (except the King) may fail to reincarnate at all, escaping the Wheel permanently. And any reincarnated piece has a small chance to carry a Past-Life Memory — the ability to move once using its previous form's rules, before that memory fades forever.

Victory: capture the enemy King. There is no check or checkmate — only the final blow matters.

Reincarnation Chess輪廻転生チェス

TURN

White

Karma

White

Black

This piece carries a Past-Life Memory. You may move it once using its former form's rules instead of its current ones.

Reincarnation Chess輪廻転生チェス

01 Choose your opponent's strength

02 Choose your side

03 Laws of Rebirth — optional

Reincarnation Chess輪廻転生チェス

Karma

Chronicle of Rebirth

Victory