How to play Chess Evolved Online

Learn the rules to the video game Chess Evolved Online quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. For a refresher of the original rules of Chess, check out this video: https://youtu.be/iPXcfS0UDlI

Play online for free here:
https://link.triplesgames.com/ChessEvolvedOnline

RULES:
The rules are the same as regular chess except for these changes. The object of the game is to reduce your opponent’s Morale to zero, there is no check or checkmate. Each time you capture a unit, your opponent loses morale based on that unit’s value. Click on a unit to see how it moves, its value, and any special ability it might have. If you capture your opponent’s king, they will immediately lose 25 morale plus an additional 3 morale every turn thereafter. There is no stalemate or draw by move repetition. Instead, after 50 moves, as indicated in the top right, each player will lose 1 morale after each of their turns. Click on your profile name to surrender a game.

Click on a unit to see its movement and abilities. Take special note that the word “move” does not mean “attack” and vice versa, just like how a pawn can’t move diagonally but only forward, while it can only attack diagonally and not forward. The word “unblockable” means it jumps over other pieces and moves straight to that space, just like a knight.

Click and hold on a unit to have its available moves highlight. Since there are so many custom units, with so many unique moves, the board will display a danger grid to allow you to play faster. Blue marks indicate available spaces you can move to that are not threatened while red marks indicate threatened spaces. After you move a unit, blue circles may appear to indicate protected units, with blue lines showing which unit is protecting them. Likewise red indicates pieces you are threatening. You can toggle these visuals in the settings.

Units on your 2nd row are called minions and units on your 1st row are called champions. Minions promote to specific champions, as indicated in their description, upon reaching the other side of the board. When building your army, your first row may only have champions while your second may only have minions. All spaces in the first 2 rows must be occupied to have a complete army. You may not battle with an incomplete army. Your army’s value may not exceed your allowed total points. As you level up this number will increase. You can

In the store, you can use dragon coin and rubies to buy specific individual units or groups of random ones. Units can be upgraded into stronger versions of themselves by combining your available inventory together. Upgraded minions promote to upgraded champions.

Some units have abilities that happen automatically while others you need to activate manually. If an ability says you need to pay, then you subtract the cost from your morale to use it. Castling has been replaced with giving the King a similar, yet more powerful, ability. En passant is currently not allowed.

If you make an in-game purchase, you will receive crowns. Crowns slowly generate royal power. You can use your royal power to send another player contribution. Contribution can then be redeemed for rubies.