Olympian Chess

Olympian Chess is a chess game themed and styled on the Olympian Gods and Goddesses, including the minor ones. It is played prominently in the Lotus Casino.

Rules

 * Sixteen pieces on both sides.
 * The first to eliminate the other's King is the winner
 * Overall rules of ordinary chess
 * Each piece is controlled by a pin attached via a string to each piece which drags them to whichever piece it is placed on, provided it is within the limitations of the piece
 * The pieces, once eliminated, will reform in the two boxes on the sides of the board

Pieces
Each piece has a special way that it takes out another. There are three variations of the king and queen to collect:
 * Sky
 * Zeus: The King, who eliminates an opponent by blasting him with the Lightning Bolt and taking his place. Can only move one space in either direction per go.
 * Hera: The Queen, who eliminates an opponent by swooping over and striking him down with her staff and taking his place. Can move any number of spaces in either direction.
 * Sea
 * Poseidon: The King, who eliminates an opponent by riding a miniature wave over the opponent and squashing the piece underneath it.
 * Amphitrite: The Queen, who eliminates an opponent by conjuring a tornado around him, which throws the piece off the board.
 * Earth
 * Hades: The King, who eliminates an opponent by Shadow-Travelling behind him, grabbing him and Shadow-Travelling to the edge of the board and slamming him down, then going to the opponent's space.
 * Persephone: The Queen, who eliminates an opponent by approaching him, spreading her arms and pointing at the opponent, before a Venus flytrap appears underneath that piece and swallows him, teleporting him off the board.
 * Other major pieces:
 * Apollo: The Bishop, who eliminates an opponent by firing a blazing arrow at him, knocking him off the board, and then travelling to his space.
 * Artemis: The Bishop, who eliminates an opponent by producing a wolf from her skirts, which attacks her target and knocks him off the board, while she takes his place.
 * Ares: The Knight, who eliminates an opponent by slicing him vertically in half with a sword and then taking his place.
 * Hephaestus: The Knight, who eliminates an opponent by launching fireballs at the opponent, before taking his place.
 * Athena: The Rook, who eliminates an opponent by brandishing Aegis, forcing the terrified opponent to stagger off the board.
 * Hermes: The Rook, who eliminates an opponent by leaping across the board and kicking him off with his winged shoes.
 * Dionysus: The replacing Knight, who eliminates an opponent by throttling him with a grapevine and then lassoeing him off the board.
 * Aphrodite: The replacing Bishop, who eliminates an opponent by wordlessly Charmspeaking the opponent into willingly walking off the board, then taking his place.
 * Demeter: The replacing Rook, who eliminates an opponent by telekinetically enveloping him in straw then slicing him in half with her cleaver.
 * The Pawns:
 * Hecate: She eliminates an opponent by launching a telekinetic blast which knocks the piece off the board.
 * Morpheus: He eliminates an opponent by hypnotising him to sleep, and then carrying him off the board.
 * Iris: She eliminates an opponent by summoning a rainbow, which blinds an opponent into staggering off the board.
 * Janus: He can eliminate an opponent by summoning a door which the piece foolishly walks through, taking him off the board so Janus can take his place.
 * Nemesis: She can eliminate an opponent by flipping a coin towards a piece, which tries to catch the coin only for it to lead the piece off the board for Nemesis to take his place.
 * Pan: He can eliminate an opponent by unleashing a Panic Cry, which stuns the opposing peace into covering his ears so Pan then rams his head into the opponent, knocking him off the board.
 * Khione: She can eliminate an opponent by causing him to be frozen in a block of ice, then picking him up and throwing him off the board.
 * Thanatos: He can eliminate an opponent by turning invisible then invisibly pummelling the other piece into falling off the board, then taking his place

Known players

 * Jasper Frey