Cannon

Cannon

Designer: David E. Whitcher
Publisher: PyroMyth Games
Type: Abstract
Status: Free/Commercial
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/8553
Available from: http://www.pyromythgames.com/products/product.html,
http://www.pyromythgames.com/products/cannon/cannon.html

An elegant 2 player game of war, it is easier to learn than chess with the same level of replay you would expect from classic games.

Equipment:

• 15 cannon pieces per player (Go stones or glass drops do fine)
• 1 Town piece per player (should be easily distiguishable from the cannon pieces)
• 10 x 10 square board (which can be downloaded from the website)

Cannon is not chess! It does have some of the same elements (Same number of pieces, Same object; Capture of the Town (King), Played on a grid.)

So what makes it different? In Chess you have 6 different types of pieces each having its own behavior. Cannon has only two types of pieces the Town & the Soldier. The behavior the pieces depends on the relation of one to the others, you must keep your soldiers in formation to maximize the attack and defensive values.