GROMBI FACT DROPREAL-WORLD TRIVIA
A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in Gala: Farm Chess. The word 'checkmate' is linked to the Persian expression 'shah mat', used when the king was trapped. And then there is this: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. Not bad for a few facts hiding behind a Play button.
GAME BRIEFSTRATEGY & DEFENSE
What you are getting into
The objectives of the game are to capture two enemy kings or move two of your kings to any of the four central squares. The game can be played with artificial intelligence, together with another person on the same device, or with a rival online in multiplayer mode. Taking the opponent's pieces is possible only if the piece is moved from the corner to the central zone or vice versa. If a bishop or rook has moved one or more squares before the line of demarcation of the central and corner zones intersects, they can only move one square further. The elephant walks diagonally in the corners, and vertically or horizontally in the middle. The rook moves vertically or horizontally in the corners, and diagonally in the middle. Bishop and rook can cross zones only once in one turn. A bishop and a rook can pass through the four central squares if there is no king in this field. But the bishop and the rook cannot stop in these fields.