Military Draft
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Military Draft

After your 6th move: Up to two pawns on the affected side arm. Every 3 moves, each surviving armed pawn removes the first occupied piece straight ahead in its file. An empty file misses; survivors fire again later.

Difficulty: hardAppears in: 2 levelsAfter player moves

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 your 6th move: Up to two pawns on the affected side arm. Every 3 moves, each surviving armed pawn removes the first occupied piece straight ahead in its file. An empty file misses; survivors fire again later.

Detailed rule

After your 6th move: Up to two pawns on the affected side arm. Every 3 moves, each surviving armed pawn removes the first occupied piece straight ahead in its file. An empty file misses; survivors fire again later.

Extra variant

Changed main rule

After your 4th move: Up to two pawns on the affected side arm. Every 3 moves, each surviving armed pawn removes the first occupied piece straight ahead in its file. An empty file misses; survivors fire again later.

Detailed rule

After your 4th move: Up to two pawns on the affected side arm. Every 3 moves, each surviving armed pawn removes the first occupied piece straight ahead in its file. An empty file misses; survivors fire again later.

Conquest

Affected side: Enemy side

After your 4th move: Up to two pawns on the enemy arm. Every 3 moves, each surviving armed pawn removes the first occupied piece straight ahead in its file. An empty file misses; survivors fire again later.

Domination

Affected side: Your side

After your 4th move: Up to two pawns on your side arm. Every 3 moves, each surviving armed pawn removes the first occupied piece straight ahead in its file. An empty file misses; survivors fire again later.

Strategy notes

Turn the constraint into a lever.

Plan around it

  • Keep armed pawns alive and aligned with targets.
  • Pull valuable pieces off a file before a salvo lands.

Keep in mind

  • The beam stops at the first occupied square.
  • Armed pawns can also be lost to their own fire.