If you have read "System" you will know that a chess game plays a prominent role. It's not just any old chess game however, but the version which emerged from the complex culture of the novel. Here are the rules of "hexapod chess" as played in the...
The original game of Grach-Bal involved three players.
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It is possible to play a three player version of Hexapod Chess. It requires pieces in three different colours. It is played occasionally, but is not as popular as the the two player version.
Kings are captured rather than mated, and the pieces of defeated players remain on the board as inactive obstacles.
