1960 · Abstract Strategy
Bughouse Chess
A team chess variant played by four people across two boards, with partners sitting together and playing opposite colors. Captured pieces pass to the teammate, who may either make a standard move or place the piece on an unoccupied square, except that pawns cannot be placed on the first or eighth rank. Chess clocks typically set five-minute time controls, and the first player to be checkmated or run out of time ends the match for both boards.
- Players
- 4
- Playing time
- 10 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 2.8 / 5
Team-Based GameGrid MovementReal-Time
About the game
- Design
- Publisher
Free, on web, Android and iOS
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