few years ago I created a game that is a combination of Halma layout and philosophy and chess pieces ... today I would like to introduce it to you ... I will give you a link to the original rules which I modified last days to make it a better game ...
Here are the rules:
1. Game is played on a regular chess board and initial setup looks exactly like in Halma but instead of plain pieces we have chess figures in place ...
2. Each player has 10 pieces: 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, 2 pawns, king and queen ...
3. These pieces are distributed in "halma corners" in a random way (which is a departure from my initial idea you can see when you open the link)
4. The goal, like in Halma is to deliver all your pieces to the opposite corner of the board.
5. Now the rules regarding pieces movement :
Rook: rook can move ONE field in any horizontal or vertical direction ... rook can jump over the pieces only in the direction which are allowed for basic move ...
Look for Halma directions how jumping can be performed ..
6. Bishop: bishop can move ONE field in any diagonal direction ... bishop can jump over pieces only in the direction which is allowed for basic move ... again, look for Halma direction on how jumping can be performed.
6. Queen: queen movement is a combination of rook and bishop movements ... queen can combine jumping
and switch from vertical or horizontal to diagonal any time jump is possible.
7. Knight: knight can jump like a regular chess piece ... only ONE jump is allowed for knight ...
8. King: king can move ONE field in any directions but jumping are allowed ONLY in ONE chosen direction ... it means king is not allowed to change the direction of jumping (like a queen) ...
9. Pawn: pawns are allowed to move ONE field in any directions but can jump ONLY over another pawn either its own or the enemy's ... pawn can change direction of jumping from vert/horiz to diagonal and vice versa ...
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30 moves Halma rule is in effect ...
here is the link you can check and get the idea on how this game can be played (some rules has been changed though)
http://www.chessvariants.org/crossover.dir/chelma.html
and here is a java apps playing Chelma:
http://play.chessvariants.org/erf/Chelma.html

have a nice weekend,
Andy.