If you've ever been frustrated by someone beating you in chess only because they didn't just learn the rules but studied some opening and end games, then Keiz r gives you the chance to beat them. Keiz r is a two-player competitive strategy game that combines the board and the moves from chess with the randomness of a card game. As a result, the board is never the same, you can't prepare by studying patterns and scenarios, you have to come up with a strategy on the spot. Because it isn't chess! The game starts by setting up the board. Set tiles are always the same, the rest shuffled and placed to create a unique experience each time. All pieces are pawns for the purposes of of movement and taking rules. But when you land on particular tiles, your piece will behave as either a rook, bishop, knight, king or queen. Once you make the next move however, back to being a pawn. Unlike normal chess, your aim is not to checkmate the king, but instead hold the Keiz r tile, a set tile on the board. If you can hold that for 3 of your opponents turns, you win.

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