There are five different classes of pieces, each based on a class in real life chess. A tally will be shown at the end of the game for both players You can also win the game if you use the Sorcerer's Imprison spell on the leader if he/she is the only piece left. In order to claim victory, the player must defeat the enemy Leader in kombat. Any damage taken is carried over in fights. The winner occupies the square of the enemy. The piece who declares battle against the other piece receives a health bonus.

Whenever a piece comes in contact with another, kombat commences in which the game switches to a normal one-round fight. Depending on the class of the piece, the number of squares in which they can advance varies as well as which direction they can move in. The pieces are represented by characters selected by the players and assigned to specific classes.Īs with chess, players take turns advancing their pieces forward. Keeping in with the theme of Mortal Kombat, the pieces are renamed and given special functions. Chess Kombat is based on real life chess games where the player's pieces have to fight their way through the opposition's stronghold to their side and defeat their king.

Mortal kombat chess emblem