FIGHTOPIA!
Cheapass Games Presents
A Free Board Game by James Ernest and Mike Selinker
Imagine: It‘s the future! There are giant robots that fight each other constantly in epic
battles on windswept and desolate plains. Society as we know it has crumbled and
technology has changed the face of warfare forever. Doesn’t that sound cool?
Setup: Tanks: Tanks occupy two squares. These are the
Fightopia is a chessboard game that uses three sizes of : most complex pieces because they move strange-
ly, and they can shoot. A Tank can make one of
piece: Pawns, Tanks and Giants. You can use whatever the following moves: 1: Along its long axis, it can
you like for pieces; we like those clicky battle robots. move one or two spaces (forward or backward).
2: Around either of its two ends, it can pivot 90 degrees.
Pieces: Both of these moves require that the space(s) be clear.
Instead of moving, a Tank can shoot the nearest
Set up the pieces as shown below. Determine randomly enemy Pawn in either direction along its long axis (imag-
who will go first. (Or, let White go first and determine ine guns coming out the front and back of the Tank.)
randomly who will be White.) The Tank can’t shoot through obstacles, and can’t shoot
Pieces don’t capture like they do in chess, and they anything but enemy Pawns. If you have legal targets on
never move into occupied spaces. Instead, they can either side, you can shoot either one of them. The dia-
move and kill each other as follows: grams below illustrate the three capabilities of Tanks.
Pawns: These are ubiquitous and disposable
• ground troops. Pawns move one square in any
direction, orthogonally or diagonally (like Kings :
in Chess). Pawns can’t kill anything.
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Giants: Giants occupy four squares. They
move like Pawns, one square in any direction. : : :
All the squares in the new position must be
clear. Pawns are too small and quick for :
Giants to kill; however, Giants can kill Tanks.
If a Giant shares at least one edge (i.e., not just a corner)
with an enemy Tank, the Giant can kill the Tank (remove
: PIVOT
the Tank from the board) as its move.
MOVE SHOOT
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: Game Objective:
• • • • To win, you must be the first player to accomplish
either of these two goals: You must either move your
Giant all the way across the board, or kill both of your
opponent’s Tanks. In either case, you win.
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