Checkmate! New arena test, I challenge Ben! {Ref:Chaos}

[Asilynne]

Ok since Ben and I are huge nerds we’ve devised a new Arena which we will be testing out, provided there is a ref crazy enough to actually ref this for us XD

This arena is called Checkmate. Its based on a chessboard of course, and is almost like the real game of chess but with slight ASB variations.

Basically each piece in this game will be a pokemon. Pawns are first level pokemon, kings and queens are third/top, and every other piece is a first or mid level pokemon. Besides that it plays by normal chess moves, HOWEVER. Any time a piece is about to take another piece a One Round battle is activated. Whoever deals the most damage in that round gets to keep their piece on the board, and the other piece is removed, REGUARDLESS of who initiated the battle.

This also holds true whenever someone is put into check, only it will be a three round battle, and if the king loses the check must stand, and the king must move out of check the next round. If the king wins, the checking pokemon must move back to its previous position, Forfeiting its turn and gaining a status effect randomized by the ref.

When a checkmate occurs, a smiliar battle happens, this time with a full beatdown type battle as in normal ASB. If the king wins this battle, the challenging pokemon becomes under the kings control for the rest of the game. If the king loses, its Checkmate officially and game over.

Since Ive obviously never tested it out, there may be some flaws in this arena but playing through it will help me to fine tune it ;D As for how the actual moves will go, we will use the grid system in this pic:


To tell where our pokemon are going (ex: moving [pokemon name] from a2 to a4).

As for sending out pokemon, all pokemon must be assigned a piece type from the beginning, no substitutions will be made after both opponents release their pokemon. Pokemon will be placed in order of their listing under piece name.

Board set up:

8 Pawns: (list in order of placement left to right)
2 Rooks: (left rook, right rook)
2 Knights: (etc)
2 Bishops:
Queen:
King:

As for this battle, my opponent may release first and I will move first. I challenge you Ben!


(also for whichever ref refs this, Im not sure how many points this will give out, it really depends because the number of pokemon battling will vary depending on peoples moves)