If the usurping king is captured, control of the friendly army reverts to the original player, assuming that the army still has a king to lead it. The player retains control of both armies even if the king that seized control is moved off of the throne square. Frozen pieces may be reactivated by this method. The two armies still take separate turns, but are under the control of one player. Moving the king onto the throne square of a friendly player transfers control of the friendly army. They simply sit on the board acting as blocking terrain. They remain on the board, but are unable to move, do not threaten other pieces, nor can they be captured. When a king is captured all the pieces of that color become frozen. The player with the king in check may move another piece only if the king is blocked by friendly pieces so that it cannot be moved out of check. A king in check MUST be moved, even if that means putting the king in check again. Kings are not mated in Enochian chess, though players must warn their opponents that the king is threatend by declaring "check" as in FIDE chess. One king - one queen,one knight one rook, one bishop and four pawns. The blue and black kings can be adjacent without giving each other check.) Pieces belonging to armies on the same team do not threaten each other. Team members are normally forbidden from capturing each other's pieces, unless otherwise noted. For example, if the blue army is eliminated from play and the black army goes on to the capture the red and yellow kings, then the team of blue and black have won the game. There is no individual winner in Enochian chess. Once these issues are settled play may proceed, going clockwise around the board. The players will also need to determine what color each will play (thereby determining who will be on which team) and what color will go first.
Though if using an ordinary chess board this will surfice and can be given the designation of the element used.
Depending on the type of question are issue you wish to know about. There are four boards each one relating to a different element ie fire board,water board,air board,earth board. Prior to the start of a game the players should choose which of the four boards they will use. Notice that always the two female elements (water and earth) are on the same team and the two male elements (fire and air) are on the same team The primary basis for the enochian system are the 4 elements -Īnd once the correct balance of these elements was achieved then the 5th element of spirit could be achieved.Īnd how these elements interact and relate to each other.Įnochian chess is a four player chess variant in which two teams (always blue (water) & black (earth) versus red (fire) & yellow (air) strive to capture both kings of the opposing team. The golden dawn initiates often played this game as they believed it created balance and harmony. What means to the Querent the move of a particular piece into a particular square? Furthermore, what means a check or checkmate to an ally or opponent? What means to capture a piece for a player, whether if is prime mover, ally or opponent?
Maybe you could explain to me only the how can the set of symbols and colours/elements would give divinatory meanings in each development of the game. It appears to be so complicated, and I don’t pretend to someone here would give an entire treatise about it.
I don’t know much about the Enochian System. They can be a Mayor card of the Tarot, a geomantic figure, an astrological sign, a letter (English or Enochian equivalent) and maybe I forgetting some others. ¿What is that mean exactly in this kind of reading? Also are four symbols that they alone are more o less clear to my in their meaning. I see each lone square is divided in four parts and each of these comes in one of the four colours attributed to the elements, namely, red, blue, yellow, and black/green. Although, I have trouble at that part, when the pieces move o ray in each turn and a divinatory meaning is attributed to this. The rules and general usage of the game are also understandable for me (the use of dice, the movements of the pieces, the Ptah piece, the election of the board and sub-quarter and that kind of things). I think I understand what the pieces are and their meaning, so there is a correlation between tarot court cards and these “rayable godforms,” as they say, is more o less clear to me why they are attributed to a particular Egyptian god according to the elemental board and elemental sub-quarter. Recently I have a chance to see what their boards and their pieces are. I want to know if someone here has some experience with the Enochian Chess.