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Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Greg Hardina wrote on Thu, May 23, 2002 11:54 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I had lost the rules for the game but thanks to this item it has clarified how to win and how to play although I would like to know the importance of the king.

Drdrax wrote on Thu, May 30, 2002 09:41 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

An AWESOME game. I have been playing since the mid 1970s. An explanation to Greg Hardina's question regarding the King. If the King, along with the Duke and Prince (both mounted pieces) are ALL captured the game is over. So either capture the castle or capture the royalty and YOU win.

Max wrote on Sun, Jun 16, 2002 04:59 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Feudal is a game for those who want to expand the variation of 
chess. One added twist is to create a system of odds, where 
the stength of the character, is a factor in the attack. For example,
a knight against a knight is 1:1 odds, or two pikeman against a knight,
but one pikeman against one knight is 1:2. Use Dice, and decide the 
attack. This makes chess into a more realistic battle, where both 
thought and luck plays a factor.

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Oct 22, 2002 08:26 PM UTC:Poor ★

I was looking for information on buying this game on-line. Nothing refered to the purchasing of this game. Thanks for nothing.

David Short wrote on Wed, Oct 23, 2002 03:55 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

The game is no longer manufactured, but you can often find someone
selling their copy of the game on Ebay
http://www.ebay.com

I think I'll go bid on one now!

Maad Maaks wrote on Sat, Jun 14, 2003 04:29 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I too have been playing this game since the 1970's. I have played the game with many variations, including placing additional boards down (3 x 3 or a aquare with a hole hole in the center and 4 kingdoms on either the corners or inner pieces between the corners). Though not as intense as chess, Feudal does command your entire attention. If you fail to look over every move prior to passing the turn, you are likely to suffer a serious setback, or worse yet, defeat!.

skuba wrote on Fri, May 5, 2006 01:57 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

i need to know how to play the game me and my uncle forgot it looks good though :)

Evan wrote on Sat, Oct 21, 2006 02:11 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

What I really need is to duplicate the rule book.

I have the pieces and the divider screen.

I cannot remember how the castle interacts with attack/defense and rules on placement.

This is a truely super game, and is a path to getting kids interested in chess.

It has been too many years to remember, and I can't find the rules on line. SAD.

Joe Joyce wrote on Sat, Oct 21, 2006 03:58 AM UTC:

Evan, email me if you need more than this. I have the game, complete with
rules. Briefly, the castle can be placed on any terrain. Capture a castle
by first moving to and stopping on the outer position [the Green], and on
the next turn moving into the castle proper; this wins the [2 player]
game.
Enjoy. Joe

Gary Gifford wrote on Sat, Oct 21, 2006 10:22 PM UTC:

Fairly good rules for Feudal can be found here, at Wikepedia.org:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudal_%28game%29

In the intro they state that the 4 pieces of the plastic peg-board can
be placed differently for each game setup.  My game of Feudal has the board
 pieces hinged together... they unfold in the same manner each for each game.
  But you can rotate the complete board and thus experience 4 possible
 terrain options for your army's setup.

Joe Joyce wrote on Sun, Oct 22, 2006 01:20 AM UTC:

Hey, Gary, you got me curious, so I took out my Feudal board, and mine is also hinged together, but it's done with clear tape. I've been making hinged game boards for a little while now, and I've found Scotch Packaging Tape is excellent for this purpose. And, as far as I can tell, it's identical to the tape used on my board, except for being 2' wide. An exacto knife can take care of that, so you can seperate the 4 board sections, then if you don't like it that way, tape them back together again - the tape 3M used is about 1' wide, and if you look closely, you can see the zigzag edge where the tape was cut by the serrated dispenser blade for my board.

Gary Gifford wrote on Sun, Oct 22, 2006 03:23 AM UTC:

Yes, Joe, I realize I can cut the hinges... but I like them. 3M could have saved money on the tape... but they wanted the board to flip out neatly and have the sections stay close together... without large gaps. My son's Feudal board has no hinges... apparently someone cut them.

Joe Joyce wrote on Sun, Oct 22, 2006 03:29 AM UTC:

I was just commenting on how you could replace them after you removed the original hinges - honest!

Sam Trenholme wrote on Sun, Oct 22, 2006 08:05 PM UTC:

Now that the game is out of print, I think it is OK if someone posted more detailed rules here. I understand and respect copyright, but I would hate to see this game's rules becoming lost in the sands of history.

- Sam

Rich Hutnik wrote on Mon, Apr 7, 2008 02:23 AM UTC:

I remember playing this as a straight up chess variant, where you moved one piece per turn, and it worked pretty well.

Brian wrote on Tue, Aug 5, 2008 12:52 AM UTC:

I went ahead and scanned my copy of the game for those wanting a full
listing.

http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m93/Bschott007/Feudal/

The one thing I think was missing from the description of the game is the
unique way on deciding the setup.  A coin-toss is made and the winner of
the toss chooses what color they will play while the loser positions the
board (they get to pick the side they want to start on)...meaning normally
you would want to be a loser of the toss since it gives you the strategic
advantage.

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