Overview

Game Interface

Game Rules

The Board

The Pieces

Tips & Hints


Technical Support
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Overview ...

Help Overview

These help files are divided into a handful of major sections to help you learn how to play the game more easily. Click on the various links in the left panel to access the different sections:

  • Game Interface explains how to play the game with this PC version's interfaces and options.
  • Game Rules gives a high-level look at how the game is played, including the possible variations.
  • The Board gives a graphical tour of the different sections of the game board, and how they affect the game.
  • The Pieces goes piece-by-piece in covering the movement and capturing rules in the game.
  • Tips & Hints offers some valuable learned-the-hard-way type tips for the first-time player.

If you need more help, or wish to talk with other players about this game, please feel free to check out the Keeps & Moats Chess Webpage and the Matt Worden Games Message Board.

Game Overview

In medieval times, four small kingdoms came to power at the same time. Each of them developed a strong army, built up an impressive Keep, and surrounded it with a defensive Moat. As fate would have it, these four kingdoms all bordered the same small piece of land. Over time, alliances were formed and broken, threats were made and enemies were declared. Now the inevitable time has come: All four kingdoms will meet upon the battlefield for war.

"Keeps & Moats Chess" is a 4-player variant of Chess played upon a unique game board. While it uses the same pieces as traditional Chess (except for one small adjustment), new movement and capture rules, and changes to how Pawns and Kings are treated makes this a whole new game.

The rules will be quick and easy to learn for players who already know how to play Chess (although the playstyle and strategy are a bit different). However, if a player doesn't know how to play Chess, it should still be easy to learn to play this variant — all rules and piece movement are given in these help files, and the game's interface displays the pieces that have available moves, and what those available moves are.

Technical Support

I want you to enjoy this game as much as possible. If for any reason you have problems getting the program to work, or just need some help in playing the game, please be sure to stop by the Keeps & Moats Chess Webpage and the Matt Worden Games Message Board for additional help or technical support.

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