Laser Dance
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Laser Dance

After every 8 moves, a rank or file charges for 2 moves, then removes every piece on that line. The cycle repeats every 8 moves. Only the side allowed to see it sees the line and countdown.

Difficulty: extremeAppears in: 2 levelsOn a repeating move cadence

Rule variants

Base and Extra, kept distinct.

A campaign Extra variant changes the main mutator rule. It is separate from an additional side mutator.

Base variant

Main mutator

After every 8 moves, a rank or file charges for 2 moves, then removes every piece on that line. The cycle repeats every 8 moves. Only the side allowed to see it sees the line and countdown.

Detailed rule

After every 8 moves, a rank or file charges for 2 moves, then removes every piece on that line. The cycle repeats every 8 moves. Only the side allowed to see it sees the line and countdown.

Extra variant

Changed main rule

After every 6 moves, a rank or file charges for 2 moves, then removes every piece on that line. The cycle repeats every 6 moves. Only the side allowed to see it sees the line and countdown.

Detailed rule

After every 6 moves, a rank or file charges for 2 moves, then removes every piece on that line. The cycle repeats every 6 moves. Only the side allowed to see it sees the line and countdown.

Conquest

Affected side: Both sides

After every 6 moves, a rank or file charges for 2 moves, then removes every piece on that line. The cycle repeats every 6 moves. Only the side allowed to see it sees the line and countdown.

Domination

Affected side: Both sides

After every 6 moves, a rank or file charges for 2 moves, then removes every piece on that line. The cycle repeats every 6 moves. Only the side allowed to see it sees the line and countdown.

Strategy notes

Turn the constraint into a lever.

Plan around it

  • In Domination, watch the countdown and move important pieces off the selected line before it fires.
  • In Conquest, the enemy knows the charged line; infer the danger from the board.

Keep in mind

  • Only completed player moves advance the countdown.
  • The beam clears the whole rank or file and ignores blockers.