32 player chess

Response was good so I'm designing it into an app to develop

One change: King and Queen swap rank dominance halfway across the board, and either one can start off in charge.

How?

Ranks 1-4: Regnant > consort > bishop > knight > rook

Ranks 5-8: Consort > regnant > bishop > knight > rook

The "regnant" is the player whose coat of arms the team is playing under, who can be either king or queen depending on what they've selected as their primary piece. Bishop, knight, and rook are also selectable as primary pieces in your user profile in which case no matter what skill rating you are your coat of arms will never be automatically selected to play under (you can still be assigned to any position or set up custom games however you want)

This is the one thing about it that's unnecessarily convoluted but hey beat me to it and make the app first if you don't like it. Original rules from the main post are exactly as complex as needed

/r/AnarchyChess Thread