New Game: Blackjack Chess

[donkirkby]

Each player takes opponent's cards and shuffles.

Each turn, opponent deals you one card and you make a move with that piece. Then you say pass or hit me. If you get dealt duplicate cards in one turn, you lose a piece. Either opponent chooses a piece that matches one of this turn's cards, or you flip a card and choose one of the matching pieces.

Discard a matching card whenever a piece is captured or removed.

Shuffle all cards except current turn when draw pile is down to 1.

Softer penalty: add wild card to draw deck and shuffle.

[donkirkby]

After simulating some draws, it seems like the pawns should end the turn when you turn up the fourth or fifth pawn.

For the softer penalty, add a checkers card to your draw deck and shuffle. If you draw a checkers card, your turn ends immediately, and you remove the checkers card from your deck. If you have to add a checkers card, and you've already added all 4 to your deck, you lose.