How to play Laser Chess

Learn the rules to the board game Laser Chess quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.
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RULES:
The object of the game is to be the first player to hit your opponent’s king with the laser. Layout the board between the two players with the notched corner spot located in the bottom right of each player. The types of pieces are as follows: Laser, Deflector, Defender, Switch, and King.
Each player pick a color and arranges their pieces on the board as indicated by the setups found on page 10 of the rule book seen here. Beginners should begin with the ACE configuration then advance to Curiosity, grail, mercury, and Sophie. Once you’ve mastered the game you can invent your own starting positions.
The blue-white player goes first, then turns alternate. On you turn you must perform one of 3 actions.
Action 1. You must move 1 of your pieces 1 space in any direction, including diagonally. The destination space may not be occupied, unless the piece being moved is the switch. The switch is allowed to switch positions with a defender or deflector piece of either color that is adjacent to it. A switch may not switch places with the king, laser, or another switch. When a piece moves, or is switched, all pieces moved retain their original orientation and may not be rotated. The board has red and white helix symbols along the edges, no player may move a piece onto a space that has their opponent’s helix color.
Action 2. Instead of moving you may rotate 1 piece 90 degrees in either direction.
Action 3. You may rotate the laser to point in its alternative direction. The laser may only point up a column or across a row.
Once you move or rotate then you must fire the laser by pressing the button on its top. Whatever piece lights up, if any, by the laser hitting its non-mirrored side, that piece, regardless of who controls it, is removed from the board and may not be used for the remainder of the game. The defender will not light up when hit from the shield side which can be used to block a laser. The switch has mirrors on both sides and can never light up and therefore is never removed from the board. The deflector has a mirror on one side and can only be lit up from the non-mirrored sides. And the laser can never be removed from the game.
The laser is only fired once per turn. You may not test fire the laser mid-turn while deciding a move. Once a piece is moved, the move cannot be taken back and the laser must be fired.
When either laser beam lands on a king token, that king is removed and the game is over. The player with the remaining king wins. If you are in a situation where the same pieces of the same colors occupy the same spaces in the same orientations 3 times in the same game, then the player making the next move may declare a stalemate if they want. If they do, then the game ends in a draw.

[@thekadenman3125]

This channel is when the davs wont update the game so you download mods.

[@drippylad3973]

Yeah lol

[@MrPizzaeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

So true

[@ObjcetSohwRael]

What about chess 2 aka chessplus?

[@anonymous16304]

Devs*

[@geostorm8192]

KSP players be like:

[@mid-boss6461]

"In 21 century, people will play laser chess."
21 century:

[@secretunknown2782]

Star chess: laser awakens

[@cuboembaralhado8294]

I like this lack of irony

[@beaconblaster33]

centuries*

[@Bxll_Bxll]

I mean- they aren’t wrong

[@username5155]

@@beaconblaster33 incorrect

[@thetacticalone908]

When you guys finish showing us how to play can you play a quick match? That would be interesting

[@xxcattoxx544]

I would watch that

[@mitsukikens9487]

I also want a match

[@cocumis2963]

this guy is acting like a npc i dont think he has enough emotions to actually play the game, but would be fun to watch

[@rydeerydee1996]

Cartel

[@mikmop]

I think it would be great if all these games on this channel had a corresponding computer AI that could play itself and create its own database of played games. Also, if the AI was self learning and became stronger in doing so, it would then also be a challenging opponent for human players.

[@enzgaming5087]

I really just watched this whole thing having absolutely no signal of obtaining this game ever.

[@TripleSGames]

Thanks for the support!

[@giovanihernandez4026]

Hello photon bee

[@gabrielabay7617]

me too

[@Dvin_-]

@@TripleSGames i always want to play 1 of these

[@Aquarionsmatter6074]

Same

[@notchmath9642]

Whenever I play this game (or technically the original, Laser Khet), I find it more fun to play for victory a move in advance. Similar to how, in Chess, the goal is to checkmate the opposing king so they cannot escape, rather than actually capture them; in Laser Chess, the goal (as I play it) is to make it so that, regardless of what move the opponent plays, either they will capture their own king on their turn or you will capture it on your next immediate turn. If someone blunders and allows you to shoot their king, they undo that move and have to move again.

[@astraesl9547]

Sounds kinda hard

[@notchmath9642]

@@astraesl9547 Part of it is that it makes it so a single blunder allowing the opponent to shoot your king doesn’t end the game instantly. But it really isn’t that bad at all!

[@astraesl9547]

@@notchmath9642
I see. I should try that once I get that game

[@goldeer7129]

I think I prefer the normal rules rather than that, but that's worth reading although don't really like it

[@secretman2207]

And then theres me who just makes a fortress every game and makes it impossible to kill my king

[@x_Infinite]

Me: the rules are the same as regular chess, except with these changes
“The object of the game is to-“
Me: wtf

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

One of the few exceptions among the chess-inspired games.

[@johnjones4426]

I'd hardly even call this chess!

[@LightsaberDuelz]

As a laser, I can confirm this is how we play chess.

[@unduloid]

You guys always make light of things.

[@judyfrancisco9808]

HAHAHA😂😂😂😂😂

[@kadenknox5542]

I personally think this is the most unique chess game

[@Interesting_Failure]

First thought is that the starting position could be part of the game; the red-black player places a piece first, the blue-white player mirrors it and places a piece of their own, and so on until all pieces are placed.

[@Utreon]

The blue-white player will run out of pieces way before the red-black player though. How do you account for that?

[@androkguz]

@@Utreon They don't have the same number of pieces?

[@Bxll_Bxll]

@@androkguz they do I think

[@SuperDestroyerFox]

@@androkguz You see they meant that the blue player has to mirror what the red player did and then would place another but I guess the original person meant that red also had to mirror and then place another piece.

[@fahimfoysalnibir322]

When Electrical engineers wanted to play chess :

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

Incidentally a similar laser chess game was involved in a patent infringement lawsuit; that game was invented by mechanical engineers ;)

[@caramelcupcakes]

we need a madlad to make a way to play this with normal chess pieces and board

[@halyoalex8942]

The main issue is defining angles for the mirrors with regular chess pieces in a clear and concise way.

[@borstenpinsel]

Back in my day it was called Keth- the laser game. I had to import it from the US and it was kinda wonky. More than 2 mirrors and the laser might have missed the target token. Also kinda weak, you basically had to play in the dark.
But it was so cool, especially with the 3D expansion tower (even more mirrors (2 alone for up or down) and longer paths.
I wish there was a high precision version with a high power green laser

[@joeybulford5266]

Idk what it was called but it sounds like the version I played. The laser was so weak it never made it past the first few pieces and the game was near impossible to play.

[@joel784]

I like how I'm learning how to play laser chess meanwhile i don't even know how to play normal chess

[@tobymoore2185]

This feels like a set you would get from one of those educational places in 2008

[@ckq]

I think it was. That's how I first played it like 10 years ago in "gifted" class.

[@AnathexAdventurer]

I'm pretty sure I saw a suggestion for this in the previous video

[@taky1711]

this is a game more confusing than chess and all of the things you can do in it

[@darkdyna5710]

Lol we are thinking this cuz we already know how to play chess this is easy to understand not that hard

[@bruhjustanothermalaysian8117]

Wait until you try 5d chess

[@NeverZitrone]

@@darkdyna5710 mirrors are scary dude!

[@cuboembaralhado8294]

Thats why this is fun!

[@lauziyi5728]

Imagine accidentally firing a laser at your own King, that’ll hurt

[@mxderate]

Yeah that would hurt

[@IronGuard_101_safe.]

Watching triple s games break rules for understanding them for footage use is crazy.

[@Zootroi]

Isn't this the exact same thing as Khet? That was one of my favorites growing up.

[@gr31f]

Yes they rebranded it

[@davidvelasco4423]

Wait, how old are you?

[@davidvelasco4423]

It's because you can't have played it that long ago. You're obviously like a few thousand or something lmao

[@PapeZeon]

@@davidvelasco4423 do you even know what Khet is?

[@davidvelasco4423]

... No.

[@Benm8_]

This was the first video I saw of this guy, and I’ve been watching every since

[@KangaGamer]

I love this game so much!

[@1994AustinSmith]

2:50
Considering the mirrors can only go 45 degrees, meaning the laser can only turn at right angles, I would think it'd be easy enough to follow.

[@redhanui5044]

90?

[@crystallineAurora]

This seems very similar to a game called Khet, which is interesting.

[@mr.randomguys7629]

I’m pretty sure it’s by the same people making this the third version of laser chess by them.

[@CravoneYT]

I need to play this one.

[@mrjuicejunior]

finally, a game of chess I can understand

[@sniclops15]

I played this a long time ago, it was super interesting

[@destra4531]

I just bought it. It's awesome

[@vorrdegard2176]

My first time seeing the version of chess amazing

[@LuxisAlukard]

That's awesome!

[@pencilmationworldpenciledd1303]

Nice job Jim, now who's gonna the play too?

[@JLvatron]

Interesting! Kindof like a Laser Stratego

[@datoneboi8273]

there are so many versions of chess its becoming insane

[@BasementDweller_]

Looks groovy!

[@RealSekiroGamerz]

I need this

[@aishaalketbi7084]

Sheldon would love this

[@Int37]

Thank god they made an update
Many chess gm are waiting for this

[@TheJaguar1983]

This looks awesome. I want to try this. Don't know if I could find someone to play with, though.

[@acelynnroshan]

Amazing game

[@cauticaluka4261]

This the first video I fully understood everything

[@airmanon7213]

Quite an interesting game

[@jellybean9082]

The chess update we wanted

[@honeyjuice219]

just watched a 5 second ad. triple s games is going full vat19. can you make the "rock me archimedes" or the one with the seasaw?

[@Gold-Fish2]

wow wow. that sprice 👍👍👍

[@mbalazs3544]

this looks like fun game :D

[@officersoulknight6321]

Finally, chess with guns

[@N0obF1re]

i remember i made a game that was called endgame chess
the rules are the same except for the following changes
1 - Checkmate, stalemate and check, are all disabled
2 - The king is invincible i.e. he can not be killed till he is the last piece left
3 - Queen should not be killed nor can move from its place till its only king and queen left in both of the sides
4 - its regular chess till all of the pieces are removed from the game (except king and queen)
5 - When its just these two, there will be a 2v2 (queen and king vs queen and king)
6 - The Queen can kill the king but the queen will be able to move only 3 steps at a time.
7 - if both queens are dead, the kings can move anywhere on the map as long as it is only 2 steps
8 - if one of the king revolves all around the board. the king can revive the queen
9 - when one of the king is killed, half of the game ends.
10 - one of the sides win, the game will be a queen vs queen till the queen wins, the queen can move anywhere but only 5 steps.
The main point of this game is
it is made for those people who always win and are looking for a challenge
the game will last for 1 or 1 and a half hours.

[@thisChannelisGood430]

I can memorise this tutorial without forgetting stuff

[@CyanZone69]

I WANT THIS GAMEEEE

[@michaelwalsh2633]

Reminds me of the PC game 'Dweep'

[@Mani_Ratnam]

This is so interesting...

[@smartifire]

New skill unlocked 😌

[@luisgabrieldelmo772]

The future chess

[@CrazyKevin22]

if only it had a beam splitter expansion just like Khet which doesnt make sense tbh cuz the same creators also made a single player laser maze which DOES have beam splitters among other tokens, i have both laser chess and laser maze but the tokens arent cross-compatible

[@JezElectro13]

"The object of the game is to hit your opponent's King with a laser" sounds kinda funny out of context that this is LASER not normal Chess

[@kaungsett2475]

Hello I want to know about the website of playing this game online? Please tell me.

[@realroforb7676]

Bro has all the Chess mods installed.

[@drippedoutmonkey]

5d Lazer chess with multiversal time travel

[@RGC_animation]

Chess has advanced into the age of technologie.

[@huzaifanagda1020]

gotta say this a cool way to play chess

[@spamtongspamton9900]

Every sixty seconds, a new chess variant is made

[@kracerplayz4033]

lasers can rotate and then you can move a piece in the same move. I know as i have a set myself and have read the rules

[@sadulasohithshanmukh8045]

how to buy this ???????????????

[@InsertusernameREALyes]

this is fun

[@matthewfontanez8646]

Laser chess may be awesome at all but theres no beam splitter expansion. Khet 2.0 has an expansion beam splitter the eyes of Horus but not laser maze

[@abhinavrajvanshi7847]

Please make a video on how to play monopoly deluxe version.

[@RelatedSnow8420]

Imagine if he started the video by saying “The rules are the same as regular Chess, except for these changes.”.

[@priyanshuchatterjee6565]

I actually got an ad of this

[@stealthragnarr2644]

I need this chess, I am state level chess player but I need this one

[@fanatyk_geografii]

FINALLY CHESS 2

[@baval5]

I was fully expecting either "The rules are the same as regular chess, except with these changes" OR "The rules are nothing like regular chess"

[@soulanimatons74638]

the defender is be like when shot by the laser : i put my armor on to show you how strong i am

[@umairulhaq1093]

Can we use opponents deflector or switch to reflect the laser?

[@NWRIBronco6]

Definitely, and it's highly recommended!

[@edisonteslowki5524]

Cool

[@KongYang-es8us]

Switching a king with a switch piece is like castling😂

[@crusaderknight6796]

I Like this chess

[@zainvoid0]

Lazerbeam must play this game...

[@Whatsdogpee]

I don’t get the stalemate condition. I just see you switching laser orientation. I thought you can move a piece each turn.

[@gamesexplorer9203]

Do the laser need batteries

[@bakrobertjohnston4889]

Everything is cool with lasers

[@trickygamer555]

This one is cool, trust me

[@shawnreinerdavid6848]

Can you do 4 men chess

[@exploshaun]

When you create a completely different game and just use the name chess for brand recognition.

[@umrayquazashinyapareceu1672]

This game looks good, but also i can't see the fact that a player could kill its own king like:
2 guys are playing with total caution, just for one of them to forget to rotate a pice and ending up killing his own king

[@ninjaxsubzero7438]

I have this game. I suck at chess. When it comes to this game I’m 30 steps ahead

[@Ihaveagasmask]

I had one at my friends with missing hade it’s pieces

[@NotVoxed]

this looks like laser maze except someone added chess for no reason

[@eternaldarksun]

Finally, chess 2077

[@victorisaacbabia.c.2611]

You should rename the “King” to “Source”

[@zackdiaz6375]

Can I make a suggestion, "Risk Deep Space" edition by Hasbro gaming

[@TripleSGames]

I’ll look into it

[@VictorTu-li4eq]

You may hit your own king accidentally.

[@Healthandwealth9422]

When the chess devs don’t update the game in a century so you download mods made by the community

[@iansoliz3874]

well this kinds explains why we don't need chess 2

[@Bugauanga]

This is like a fan-made Chess 2

[@papagaiofilmes6642]

Nahhh is a mod for chess 1

[@evolvedbread9592]

Now Imagine...5d multidimensional time travel laser chess...

[@elicenyne]

pew, pew pew!

[@aboomeraang1035]

what if the laser points at itself or it's king?

[@theholybucketemperor6018]

The laser can't be destroyed and the king will die no matter which laser hit him

[@pragalyak3024]

Make next video business game

[@MattTheSpratt]

oh it's khet!

[@elvismagaoay]

I have seen vat19 make a better version called kett and it's cool I never even got that toy

[@bread69696]

What if you’re playing by yourself?