Bughouse
Two boards, four players, shared pieces
Team chess. Everything you capture gets handed to your partner on the other board, and they can drop it straight into their game.
How it plays
- 1
Partners play opposite colors on two boards.
- 2
Pieces you capture are passed to your partner's reserve.
- 3
A reserve piece can be dropped instead of moving.
- 4
The first team to win on either board wins the match.
What the lights do
Incoming pieces from your partner flash on the edge of your board the moment they are captured.
What you need
- Two boards
Runs on
Open Chess Board · ESP32-S3
Built by Concept Bytes
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Make it yours
Source for this game hasn’t been published yet. Any game built on OpenChessCore is a good starting point — the sensors, lights, battery, and USB link are already handled, so a new game is only its rules.
This mode is still being built
The rules and the install path are designed and wired up, but the sketch hasn’t been written yet. Everything on this page is real except the binaries themselves.