My younger daughter proposes this rule change to the game of draughts (U.S.-checkers).

If one (or more) of your pieces has become a king (i.e., has reached the far row and been doubled up to indicate that it can now move backward as well as forward)
then, *instead of* making a normal move, you may transfer that doubling-up piece (that marks a king) to another of your pieces which is not already a king, and which may have a greater need for it.

Of course, you can always reverse this transfer on a later turn.
-- pertinax, Nov 27 2008

The chess equivalent Usurp_20Chess
Makes for an interesting variant. [theleopard, Dec 01 2008]

I'd call it a coup d'etat, rather than an abdication, and the piece that reached the other side must be removed from the board. Power is rarely transferred peacefully in a monarchy with a living ex-sovereign.
-- snoyes, Nov 27 2008


//It could interfere too much with the 'must take' rule, which is often used to good effect to remove opponents' newly crowned kings.//

Just say that if you are in a 'must take' situation, you can't abdicate that turn.

There should also be a rule along the lines of 'if you abdicate on one turn, you are obliged to move a piece, rather than abdicate again, on the next turn' to prevent someone drawing by abdicating turn after turn if they have one king and one normal pieces left.

[+] for the same reasons as [boysparks]
-- imaginality, Nov 27 2008



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