Gametasia Chess

Gametasia Chess
Conquest of Kings
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OBJECTIVE
The object of Gametasia Chess is to win the highest total
of Treasure Coins while capturing all your opponent’s
chess pieces. The King must be captured last.
GAME IN BRIEF
PREPARE CHESS BOARD
Number of Players: Two or four players.
1. Select Chess Pieces: Choose one King ♔, one
Queen ♕, two Rooks ♖ ♖, two Bishops ♗ ♗,
two Knights ♘ ♘, and eight Pawns ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙.
2. Card Dealer: One player is selected as the dealer
and shuffles the cards, cuts the deck three times, and
places the deck face down on the game board border.
• Announce Card: The dealer must announce the chess
piece symbol on the card drawn at the beginning of
each turn.
• Player Draw: Players may choose to pass the deck, in
rotation, and draw their own cards.
3. Coins to Players: Each of you receive the
following number of Treasure Coins:
• Two Player Version: 25 white, 15 red, 15 blue,
15 black, and 5 green Treasure Coins totaling
1500 points per player.
• Stack your Treasure Coins along your
border, off the chess board squares.
• Four Player Allied Version: Players
receive the same number of Treasure
Coins as the two-player version.
4. Treasure Coins Values:
White Coin = 1 point.
Red Coin = 5 points.
Blue Coin = 10 points.
Black Coin = 50 points.
Green Coin = 100 points.
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100
5. Chess Pieces to Chess Board: Position the
chess board pieces in the traditional manner as
illustrated on page 72 (next page). Review diagram if
you are unfamiliar with chess piece opening positions.
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6. Play with Gametasia Cards or
Standard Cards: When a Gametasia
Card deck is unavailable, use a standard
deck of 54 poker cards. Add two extra
Joker Cards to the deck of cards.
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BEGIN GAME
1. White Moves First: Player with the white chess
pieces moves first.
2. Draw Card-Announce-Move Chess Piece:
Each turn begins by drawing the top card, either by
the Dealer or by each opponent. Announce the chess
symbol on the card, “The card is _______ King, Queen,
Rook, Bishop, Knight, or Pawn!” Then, place the card,
face up on the border, so players can see the symbol on
the card. The symbol on the Gametasia Card determines
the exact chess piece you must move.
MOVE CHESS PIECE NOW!
3. Movement with Standard Card Deck:
If a standard deck is used, the number/rank of each
card determines the chess piece movement.
♟ Pawn moves with draw of a #2 or #3 card.
♞ Knight moves with draw of a #4 or #5 card.
♝ Bishop moves with draw of a #6, #7 or #8 card.
♜ Rook moves with draw of a #9, #10 or Jack card.
♕ Queen moves with draw of a Queen, Ace, or Joker.
♔ King moves with draw of a King card.
• After each turn, play rotates to the left, clockwise.
Gametasia Card Chart: If you are not playing
with Gametasia Cards, the Gametasia Card
Chart on page 82 provides the proper
card movement, as well as the taxes and
rewards collected during each turn.
4. Movement Rules: Chess pieces
must be moved as follows:
a) Players must move the chess
piece according to the number/rank or
symbol displayed on the card drawn, or
that matches the chess board’s Card Square
L K M N that your chess piece rests on.
b) You may not remain in place if your chess piece is
able to move. Movement is mandatory.
c) When you cannot move your chess piece, or all
pieces have been captured, pay the unable-to-move
penalty—the Right of Passage Tax—to all opponents.
d) When you capture an opponent’s chess piece, you
collect a Reward for Capture from the opponent.
5. Matching Card Suit Squares: At the
beginning of your turn, if your chess piece rests on the
square that matches the card you have drawn, you may
either a) move the piece resting on that square, or
b) move as per the card symbol (number/rank), that is,
proceed with a regular move. Your choice.

chess
symbol
taxes
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6. Eight Treasure Squares:
At the beginning of your turn, when your chess piece is
positioned on one of the eight Treasure Stone Squares
on the 4 borders, you may move that chess piece
instead of drawing a card. Your choice.
• If you move from a Treasure Square and capture an
opponent’s piece, collect your reward amount from the
face-up card.
7. Right of Passage Tax: When you draw a
card and cannot move a chess piece because your piece
is trapped, you must pay a Right of Passage Tax to all
opponents.
• All Pieces Captured: If you cannot move a chess piece
because pieces are all captured—off the chess board—
pay the Right of Passage Tax to all opponents.
R.O.P. Tax: To pay the Right of Passage Tax penalty you
must match the card’s symbol with the letter/number at
the bottom of each card. If a using standard cards, pay
the amount on the Gametasia Card Chart, P:1 to K:6.
• Directly beneath each of the six letter/numbers—
P:1 - N:2 - B:3 - R:4 - Q:5 - K:6—is the amount of tax
owed, 1 to 504 points. The Right of Passage Tax penalty
is paid by matching the chess symbol to the number/
letter on the bottom of each card, or as listed on the
Gametasia Card Chart as per the card number:
♟ If trapped, pay the amount listed under P:1.
♞ If trapped, pay the amount listed under N:2.
♝ If trapped, pay the amount listed under B:3.
♜ If trapped, pay the amount listed under R:4.
♛ If trapped, pay the amount listed under Q:5.
♚ If trapped, pay the amount listed under K:6.
• Pay the R.O.P Tax and your turn ends.
8. Reward for Capture:
Each time you capture an opponent’s chess piece, you
collect a Reward for Capture in coins from opponent.
• The amount collected is based on the amount indicated
on the Gametasia Card Chart, or the Gametasia Card,
the same card used to move your attacking chess piece.
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Beginning Positions for the Chess Pieces
using the traditional version of play.
The Reward Amounts:
• The Reward for Capture has nothing to do with the
symbol on the card’s right-hand column (unlike chess
piece movement and the Right of Passage Tax where the
symbol is used). The reward collected is based on the
amount listed under P:1, N:2, B:3, R:4, Q:5, K:6 that
matches the chess piece captured.
• It is not the chess piece that does the
capturing, it is the piece that gets captured
that determines the Reward for Capture.
For example, if you draw a #4 Card or a #5 Card
with a Knight symbol and capture an enemy
Rook, you collect the reward listed under
Rook—R:4 on the Gametasia Card, or
Gametasia Card Chart. Collect the reward for
the chess piece captured.
Remember, the lower ranked the
capturing chess piece, the lower the
amount of Reward for Capture!
Reward For Capture Values:
Depending on the card drawn,
each chess piece has a specific
reward amount value listed
under the matching letter/
number on the Gametasia
Card or Gametasia Card Chart,
as follows:
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♟ PAWN: P:1 = 1 point to 56 points in rewards.
♞ KNIGHT: N:2 = 2 points to 112 points in rewards.
♝ BISHOP: B:3 = 3 points to 168 points in rewards.
♜ ROOK: R:4 = 5 points to 280 points in rewards.
♛ QUEEN: Q:5 = 7 points to 392 points in rewards.
♚ KING: K:6 = 9 points to 504 points in rewards.
• No two cards are alike. All reward amounts different.
OUT OF COINS: If you lose all your Treasure Coins,
you remain in the game. If you cannot pay the full
amount of a penalty, you must make a partial payment
to opponent(s)—all the coins in your possession.
9. Granting Mercy: You may decide to allow a highranking
enemy chess piece, such as the Queen, Rook
or Bishop, to escape capture from your Pawn or Knight.
This is known as “granting mercy”.
The reason for showing mercy to an opponent’s Queen,
Rook, or Bishop can be justified based on the value of
the Gametasia Card drawn. Low-ranked cards
have minimal capture rewards.
Right of Passage Tax: If you decide to grant mercy on
an opponent’s chess piece, and you cannot move a chess
piece, you must pay the Right of Passage Tax.
Strategy: Use the highest ranked chess pieces with the
highest valued cards for capturing enemy pieces. For
example, the Q:5 card value ranges from 7 points on the
#2 cards, to 392 points on the Joker Card. Waiting for a
higher valued card to be drawn is good strategy.
10. Checkmate: In the game of Gametasia Chess, the
final chess piece captured must always be the King.
At the conclusion of battle, the one, solitary King
stands alone on the chess board, vulnerable
for capture. Upon capturing the solitary King,
“Checkmate!” is declared and the battle ends.
11. End of Battle: “Victory!” is declared in
the game of Gametasia Chess when your
opponent’s final chess piece standing,
the solitary King, is captured.
• Play stops and players count their
Treasure Coins.
12. Winner Declared: The
player or allied players with
the greatest wealth, the highest
Treasure Coin point total, is
declared the honorary winner
of Gametasia Chess, Conquest of
Kings. Congratulations.

GAME IN DEPTH
For those of you unfamiliar with the rules for the
ancient game of chess, the following rules are provided:
NUMBER OF PLAYERS
You may battle one opponent in the two player version,
or form an alliance with another player and battle two
allied opponents.
• Allies: Two players as partners form an alliance prior
to battle.
GAME EQUIPMENT
Gametasia chess board ... 1 Gametasia Card deck with
56 Gametasia Cards ... 1 Utopian Timer ... 32 chess
pieces: 16 black and white chess pieces = 1 black
King, 1 white Queen, 1 black and 1 white
Bishop, 1 black and 1 white Rook, 1 black
and 1 white Knight, 4 black and 4
white Pawns ... 16 red and blue chess
pieces = 1 blue King, 1 red Queen,
1 blue and 1 red Bishop, 1 blue
and 1 red Rook, 1 blue and 1 red
Knight, 4 blue and 4 red Pawns
... 300 play coins totaling 6000
points as follows: 20 green coins,
60 black coins, 60 blue coins, 60
red coins, and 100 white coins.
Black & White vs Red & Blue:
When four players form two
alliances, the allies must sit opposite
each other during the game—the black
and white chess pieces versus the red and
blue chess pieces.
GAMETASIA CARDS
Each Gametasia Card displays a chess symbol: ♟ ♞
♝ ♜ ♛ ♚ on the middle of the right-hand column.
PLAYER SEATING
You and your fellow players must decide where to sit
based on (a) the color of the chess pieces you select and
(b) whether or not you form an alliance. The four chess
piece colors: black, white, red, and blue, represent
Planet Millennium Underworld’s Subterranean
Nations—primeval realms divided into north, south,
east, and west. Depending on the version of play, two
or four players, you and your opponents must sit as
follows:
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The Traditional Two Player Version: Two players sit
opposite each other on the southern border (black
and white chess pieces) and the northern border (red
and blue chess pieces). One player must command the
black and white chess pieces while the other player
commands the red and blue chess pieces.
• South Border: Command the black and
white chess piece chess pieces, eight of
each color.
• North Border: Command the red and
blue chess piece chess pieces, eight of each color.
• Players must sit north and south at opposite sides of
the chess board according to their color selected, with
a light-colored square in the right-hand corner of the
chess board.
The Allied Four Player Version: When an
alliance is formed (four players), the east (blue) and
west (red) players form an alliance and battle
the north and south players (black and
white). The four players must select a
specific chess piece color and sit as
follows:
1. Black Chess Pieces — South
Border: The black chess piece
player must sit at the south
border.
2. White Chess Pieces
— North Border: The white
chess piece player must sit at
the north border.
3. Blue Chess Pieces — East
Border: The blue chess piece
player must sit at the east border.
4. Red Chess Pieces — West
Border: The red chess piece player
must sit at the west border.
• If a dispute arises over seating or color
selection, draw a Gametasia Card. The highest card
wins. If a tie occurs, draw again until a winner is decided.
• Chess Piece Color Selection: The color of the chess
pieces is important in the allied version of play. The
Queen is controlled by the red and white players but
not the King. The King is controlled by the blue and
black players, but not the Queen.
PRE-GAME PREPARATION
Treasure Coins:
White Coin: “frugle” = 1 point each.
Red Coin: “scruple” = 5 points each.
Blue Coin: “oodle” = 10 points each.
Black Coin: “simolean” = 50 points each.
Green Coin: “moolah” = 100 points each.
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The two player version: Each opponent receives 1500
points worth of Treasure Coins as follows: 5 green
coins (500 pts.); 15 black coins (750 pts.); 15 blue
coins (150 pts.); 15 red coins (75 pts.); and 25 white
coins (25 pts.).
• When playing the four player allied version, each
opponent receives the same amount of coins as the twoplayer
version.
• Stack your Treasure Coins along your border, off the
chess board squares—the Chess Stones.
Gametasia Cards: Prepare the deck of fifty-six (56)
Gametasia Cards as follows:
• Shuffle the card deck thoroughly and cut the deck
three times.
• Place the Gametasia Card deck face down in one of the
game board corners.
• Discard Deck is Face Up: Cards are placed
face up in the opposite corner, forming the discard deck.
Deck Depleted: If the Gametasia Card deck
is depleted during play, re-shuffle the deck, cut
three times, and place the card deck face down.
CHESS PIECES
The game of Gametasia Chess features the six
traditional chess pieces: King, Queen, Bishop, Rook,
Knight, and Pawn in four different colors: black, white,
red, and blue. The 8 black and 8 white chess pieces are
alternated between the light and dark squares on the
south border, and the 8 red and 8 blue chess pieces are
alternated between the light and dark squares on the
north border.
Two Player Version: Each player receives
sixteen (16) chess pieces, either black and white or red
and blue as follows:
• 1 King: either black or blue.
• 1 Queen: either white or red.
• 2 Bishops: 1 black and 1 white, or 1 red and 1 blue,
depending on the color selected.
• 2 Rooks: 1 black and 1 white, or 1 red and 1 blue,
depending on the color selected.
• 2 Knights: 1 black and 1 white, or 1 red and 1 blue,
depending on the color selected.
• 8 Pawns: 4 black and 4 white, or 4 red and 4 blue,
depending on the color selected.
Four Player Allied Version: Each player receives
eight (8) chess pieces, either black, white, red, or blue:
1. Black Player Positioned At The South Border: 1 black
King, 1 black Bishop, 1 black Rook, 1 black Knight, and
4 black Pawns positioned at the southern border. The
black chess pieces are the only pieces that the black
player may move during the game.
2. White Player Positioned At The South Border: 1 white
Queen, 1 white Bishop, 1 white Rook, 1 white Knight,
and 4 white Pawns positioned at the southern border.
The white chess pieces are the only pieces the white
player may move during the game.
3. Red Player Positioned At The North Border: 1 red
Queen, 1 red Bishop, 1 red Rook, 1 red Knight, and 4
red Pawns positioned at the northern border. The red
chess pieces are the only pieces that the red player may
move during the game.
4. Blue Player Positioned At The North Border: 1 blue
King, 1 blue Bishop, 1 blue Rook, 1 blue Knight, and 4
blue Pawns positioned at the northern border. The blue
chess pieces are the only pieces that the blue player may
move during the game.
CHESS PIECE POSITIONS
Prior to battle, you and your opponent(s) must position
chess pieces on a specific squares on the chess board.
When viewing the chess board in a north and south
direction, the rows of squares that run across are
RANKS, and the squares that run up and down are
FILES. The slanting rows are DIAGONALS.
♙ Dwarve Pawns: Position your chess pieces on the
rank nearest you with the eight Pawns positioned on
the rank in front of the other chess pieces. You must
alternate the two colors: the black and red pieces on the
dark colored squares, and the white and blue pieces on
the light colored squares.
• In traditional chess, position the white pieces on the
north border and the black pieces on the south border.
♜ Dragon Rooks: The two Rooks occupy the two corner
squares, left and right.
♞ Noble Knights: The two Knights stand next to the
Dragon Rooks.
♝ Wizard Bishops: The two Bishops stand beside the
Noble Knights.
♛ Queen: The Queen occupies the central stone square
of its own color or shade. The red Queen begins on
a dark-colored square (north border) and the white
Queen begins on a light-colored square (south border).
♚ King: The King stands next to his Queen. The black
King occupies the dark-colored square (south border)
and the blue King occupies the light-colored square
(north border).
• The opposing Queen and King face each other across
the chess board.
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North
KING
K:6
BISHOP
B:3
QUEEN
Q:5
KNIGHT
N:2
ROOK
R:4
PAWN
P:1
CHESS PIECE MOVEMENT
After you draw a card indicating the chess piece to be
moved, each chess piece has a specific move as follows:
South
♕ Queen: Your Queen is the most powerful
chess piece. You may move your Queen in any
direction along a rank, file, or diagonal until the
Queen’s path is blocked by another chess piece.
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♔ King: Your King also moves in any
direction, but only one square at a time.

♖ Rook: Your Dragon Rook may move along
any rank or file until your Rook’s path is
blocked by another chess piece.
♘ Knight: Your Noble Knight is the only chess piece
that is able to change direction during the
course of the move and “jump over” your own
or an opponent’s chess pieces. Knights move
in an “L” pattern; that is, two ranks up or
down and one file left or right; or one rank up
or down and two files left or right.
♗ Bishop: Your Wizard Bishop may move
along any diagonal until your Bishop’s path
is blocked by another chess piece.
• Bishops must stay on the color squares they
start on.
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♟ Pawn: Each of your Dwarve Pawns may advance only
one square at a time except on each Pawn’s first
move, when it may advance either one (1) square
or two (2) squares forward. Your choice.
• Pawns capture diagonally, either left or right.

RULES OF MOVEMENT
• You must move the chess piece displayed on the
Gametasia Card drawn, or the card’s number/rank.
• When you cannot move your chess piece—trapped or
off board—your must pay a penalty for non-movement,
called the Right of Passage Tax, to all opponents.
• When you capture an enemy chess piece, you collect a
Reward for Capture from the opponent.
• Matching Card Squares: At the beginning of
your turn, if your chess piece rests on
the square that matches the card you
have drawn, you may either:
a) move the chess piece resting on
that square, or
b) move as per the card symbol/
number. Your choice.
• Treasure Squares:
When your chess piece is positioned
on one of the eight Treasure
Squares at the beginning of your
turn, you may move that chess
piece instead of drawing a card.
Your choice.
• If you move from a Treasure
Stone Square and capture an
opponent’s piece, collect your
reward amount from the face-up
card.
• The eight (8) Treasure Squares
consist of two (2) Diamonds L:
the Eternal Rose and the Golden
Egg of Enlightenment; two
(2) Clubs K: the Cauldron of
Regeneration and the Magic Hive;
two (2) Hearts M: the Treasure
Chest of Ethics and the Well of Wishes
with the Jar of Joy; two (2) Spades N:
the Diamond of Desire and the Pot of
Gold—all on the middle of the outside border squares.
CAPTURE
A capture occurs when an opponent’s chess piece stops
the progress of an attacking chess piece. When you
capture an enemy chess piece, you must remove it from
the chess board and replace it on the square it occupied
with your attacking chess piece.
• Place all captured chess pieces along your border off
the board, then collect your Reward for Capture from
opponent, 1 point to 504 points.
• Any chess piece in danger of being captured is
considered “under attack”.
Pawn Capture: Your Pawn is the only chess piece
that does not capture an enemy chess piece straight in
its path. Instead, your Pawn captures an enemy piece
one square to the left or the right of the square in front
of your Pawn—diagonally (see diagram on Page 120).
EN PASSANT
Your Pawn may also capture “en passant” (French for
“in passing”) when your Pawn is on the fifth rank and
an enemy Pawn on a neighboring file advances two
squares “past your Pawn”. You may capture the enemy
Pawn as if it had moved only one square, but it must
be captured before it advances an additional square.
PAWN PROMOTION
If your Pawn reaches the rank farthest away, the rank
of the enemy King, you may promote
your Pawn for ANY chess piece
except a King. Since players usually
exchange Pawns for Queens, this
promotion is known as “Queening the Pawn”.
The Pawn promotion occurs as follows:
• When your Pawn reaches the farthest
rank, remove your Pawn from the chess
board and replace it with a previously
captured Queen, or the chess piece of your
choice. Keep track of the promoted Pawn.
• If a second Pawn, and so on, is
promoted, you must try to
replace each of your Pawns
with a previously captured
chess piece acquired from an
opponent; otherwise, keep track
of your promoted Pawns.
CASTLE
You may choose to “castle” in order
to protect your King from attack.
This is the only move during which
you may move two chess pieces at the same
time. Castling counts as one turn, instead of drawing a
card, and occurs as follows:
• To castle, instead of drawing a card, you must declare,
“Castle!” and move your King two squares toward either
Rook and then place your Rook on the square the King
passed over.
• You may castle only if your King and Rook have not
previously been moved and if no other chess pieces
stand between them.
• You may not castle if your King is under immediate
attack, known as “check”; or if the square your King
crosses or the square the King lands on puts your King
in check.
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FIRST MOVE
To begin Gametasia Chess, the Dealer, or the starting
player, draws a Gametasia Card from the card deck,
announces the chess symbol on the card, and places
the Gametasia Card face up on the border’s discard pile.
According to the Gametasia Card’s symbol in the righthand
column—♟ ♝ ♞ ♜ ♛ ♚—the player moves his
or her appropriate chess piece.
• The face-up card forms the discard stack for the
remainder of the game.
• After each player’s turn, play rotates to the left, clockwise.
Utopian Timer: During your turn, as soon as you draw
a Gametasia Card, the opponent across the
Gametasia board (or to your left), must
activate a timer. You have one minute
(sixty seconds) to move a chess
piece or you must pay the Right
of Passage Tax based on K:6 of
the face-up card. When you
pay the Right of Passage Tax,
you cannot move. Your turn
is over.
Time Consensus: You and your opponent or
allied group may decide to allow more time
for each player to move their chess piece.
Two minutes, three minutes, five minutes,
or any amount of time is acceptable, as
long as all players reach a consensus.
CHESS CARD SYMBOLS
The fifty-six (56) Gametasia Cards
and the Gametasia Card Chart serve
three purposes.
• First, each card dictates the exact
chess piece to be moved during your
turn.
• Second, the same Gametasia Card
used for movement also indicates
the Reward for Capture
amount.
• Third, the Right of
Passage Tax is listed on
each card, as well as
the Gametasia Card
Chart.
Card Movement Symbol: Each Gametasia
Card displays a symbol on the right-hand
column indicating the exact chess piece to
be moved, either your King ♚, Queen ♛,
Rook ♜, Bishop ♝, Knight ♞ , Pawn ♟.
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Power & Rank of Chess Pieces: At the
bottom of each Gametasia Card is a row of six (6)
letters/numbers: P:1 - N:2 - R:3 - B:4 - Q:5 - K:6.
Each of the six letter/numbers represents the power
and rank, the hierarchical position, of each chess piece
in the following order:
♟ P:1 = The Pawn has a power of 1 and is the
lowest ranked chess piece.
♞ N:2 = The Knight has a power of 2 and is the
second to lowest ranked piece, out ranking the Pawn.
♝ B:3 = The Bishop has a power of 3 and out ranks
the Knight and Pawn.
♜ R:4 = The Rook has a power of 4 and out ranks the
Bishop, Knight and the Pawn.
♛ Q:5 = The Queen has a power of 5
and is the second ranked chess piece, out
ranking the Bishop,
Rook, Knight, and Pawn.
♚ K:6 = The King has a power of 6 and is
the first ranked chess piece, out ranking all
other chess pieces.
RIGHT OF
PASSAGE TAX
Whenever you draw a Gametasia
Card and cannot move a chess piece,
your piece is trapped and you must
pay a Right of Passage Tax to all
opponents. If you draw the card of a
piece “off the board” (all captured),
you pay a Right of Passage Tax to all
opponents.
• To pay the Right of Passage Tax
penalty you must match the
card’s symbol with the letter/
number at the bottom of each
card or the Gametasia Card Chart.
Tax Penalties: Directly beneath
each of the six (6) letter/numbers
listed as P:1 - N:2 - B:3 - R:4 - Q:5 - K:6—is the
amount of tax owed, 1 to 504 points. The Right of
Passage Tax penalty is paid by matching the chess symbol
to its number/letter on the bottom of each card:
♙ = Pay the tax listed under P:1 on card or chart.
♘ = Pay the tax listed under N:2 on card or chart.
♗ = Pay the tax listed under B:3 on card or chart.
♖ = Pay the tax listed under R:4 on card or chart.
♕ = Pay the tax listed under Q:5 on card or chart.
♔ = Pay the tax listed under K:6 on card or chart.
• After paying the Right of Passage Tax, your turn ends.

At the beginning of battle, prepare to pay the Right of
Passage Tax several times because the only two chess
pieces that you may move without interference are
your Pawns and Knights.
REWARD FOR CAPTURE
Each time you capture an opponent’s chess piece, you
collect a Reward for Capture in Treasure Coins from the
opponent. The amount collected is based on the amount
indicated on the Gametasia Card—the same card used
to move your attacking, or capturing, chess piece. The
reward amounts are determined as follows:
• The Reward for Capture has nothing to do with the
symbol on the card’s right-hand column, unlike the
chess piece movement and the Right of Passage Tax
where the symbol is used.
• The reward collected is based solely on the amount
listed under P:1, N:2, B:3, R:4, Q:5, K:6 matching the
chess piece captured.
For example, if you draw a card with a Wizard Bishop
symbol and capture an enemy Dragon Rook, you
collect the reward listed under R:4 on the Gametasia
Card, the piece captured. Capture a Queen, collect Q:5
reward.
• It is not the chess piece that does the capturing, it is
the piece that gets captured when collecting the
Reward for Capture.
Reward For Capture Values: Depending on the
Gametasia Card drawn, each chess piece has a specific
reward amount value listed under the matching letter/
number as follows:
♟ PAWN: P:1 = 1 point to 56 points in coins.
♞ KNIGHT: N:2 = 2 points to 112 points in coins.
♝ BISHOP: B:3 = 3 points to 168 points in coins.
♜ ROOK: R:4 = 5 points to 280 points in coins.
♛ QUEEN: Q:5 = 7 points to 392 points in coins.
♚ KING: K:6 = 9 points to 504 points in coins.
• No two cards are alike. Reward amounts are different.
OUT OF TREASURE COINS
If you lose all your Treasure Coins during battle, you
continue to compete. Until you win more coins, you
do not pay Right of Passage Tax or Reward for Capture
penalties to your opponents. However, even if you
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cannot pay a FULL penalty, you must make partial tax
payments (all coins in your possession) as long as you
have Treasure Coins.
• Allied Players: Your allied partner must pay all tax
penalties owed by you as long as your ally has the
ability to pay.
ALLIED FORCES
If two players form an alliance, they may advise each
other regarding moves and game strategy. Treasure
Coins are shared in the event one ally cannot pay a
Reward for Capture. Allies must pay each other’s debts.
GRANTING MERCY
You may decide to allow a high-ranking enemy chess
piece, such as the Queen, Rook, or Bishop, to escape
capture. This is known as
“granting mercy”.
• The reason for showing
the Queen, Rook, or Bishop
mercy is justified based
on the value of the drawn
Gametasia Card.
For example, the Q:5
card value ranges from 7
points on the #2 Cards
to 392 points on the
Joker Card. Therefore,
waiting for a
higher valued
card to be
drawn is
often a wise
decision—a
valid
consideration.
However, the
opponent’s
piece you grant
mercy to could
escape if an incorrect
card is drawn. The value
of each card must be considered
before granting mercy.
Right of Passage Tax: If you decide to grant mercy on
an opponent’s chess piece and you cannot move a chess
piece, you must pay the Right of Passage Tax.
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KING IN CHECK
In the game of Gametasia Chess, the final chess piece
captured must always be the King.
• When you are positioned to attack the opponent’s
King, it is customary to give notice to your opponent by
announcing, “Check!”. However, declaring “Check!” is
not mandatory.
• If your King is in check, you must move only to rescue
your King; specifically, you must either:
a) capture the attacking chess piece, b) move your King
to a square that is not under attack, or c) in traditional
chess, move another chess piece between your King and
the attacking chess piece, known as interposition.
CHECKMATE
In traditional chess, if you are unable to rescue your
King in check, the game would end in checkmate with
the attacking player winning. In Gametasia Chess,
checkmate takes place with the actual capture of the
King—the highest ranked and most valuable piece.
• When you announce “Check!” and your opponent is
unable to rescue his or her King because an incorrect
chess card is drawn, drawing the correct chess card on
your next turn allows you to announce “Checkmate!”
Capture the solitary King, collect the reward and the
battle ends.
END OF BATTLE
“Victory!” is declared when
your opponent’s final chess
piece, the solitary King,
is captured. Play stops
and players count their
Treasure Coins.
WINNER
DECLARED
The player or the allied players
with the greatest wealth, the
highest Treasure Coin point total, is
declared the winner of Gametasia Chess,
Conquest of Kings.
GAMETASIA CARD CHESS
To play a simplified version of Gametasia Chess,
eliminate the Treasure Coins and play Gametasia Card
Chess. Follow the same rules but omit the Rewards for
Capture or Right of Passage taxes. Gametasia Card
Chess ends with the capture of the enemy King.