Chess and Poker, world’s greatest board games, fuse together to become Choker™
Choker™ takes two of the world’s greatest games and fuses them into a new uber game that will test everything you’ve got. For the poker phase you’ll need your cunning, bluff and cool calculation. Then the chess phase will demand your precision, strategy and brilliance. Do you have the complete skill set? In Choker you need it all.
The game moves through 3 phases. Each phase impacts the next one. It’s a triathlon of the mind which tests and sparks your mental capacity.
◉ Phase 1: Card and Betting
You’ll be dealt 5 special Choker cards, one at a time, from a deck of 22 cards. Each card depicts a chess piece. Your challenge is evaluate the chess army you assemble and bet on them with your fictional pot of gold coins. Did you get a Queen? Do your pieces complement each other? Has your army got enough to vanquish your opponent? Do you fold – or do you push on for victory?
◉ Phase 2: Place your Pieces
In turns, you place your assembled chess pieces on the board. Pawns can go anywhere on the 2nd to 4th ranks. Other chess pieces can go on the 1st and 2nd ranks. It’s your chance to gain a positional advantage and structure your attack so the chess pieces work together to overcome your opponent.
◉ Phase 3: Play Chess
You’ve placed your bets and your pieces. Now do battle in chess. All the general rules apply. It’s the time for precision and calculation. But the clock is ticking. Hold your nerves for victory and take the pot of gold.
There’s one final element. You can bring more firepower to your game by using special powers. You can buy yourself more time in the chess phase, or trade in an unwanted card for a super in the card phase. But it costs gold. Is it worth it? Will your opponent do the same? Will it be decisive? Only you can decide.
We hope you enjoy Choker. We wanted to create a game that opens up chess – where the start of the game is like the end game in normal chess…and where there is an element of the bluff and cunning of poker too. In this game we believe it is possible for a normal player to beat a chess Grandmaster, with a little luck and a lot of skill.
It’s a game which we believe requires a full range of gaming skills. The triathlon of the gaming work. Who will reign? Who has it all?
Have fun playing Choker ~ One Game to Rule them All™
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