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'''Pikemen''' is a chess-like [[Icehouse_game_system|Icehouse game]] with simple rules and some interesting resulting strategies. It can be an absolute blast when played on [[chessboard wedge|strange boards]].
==Setup==
===8x8 Grid===
{| style="text-align:center; border: 3px solid black; border-collapse:collapse;"
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|brown|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|midnightblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|brown|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|brown|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|brown|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL| ||3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::SPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::MPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|brown|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid black;"|{{PL|::LPU|brown|3em}}
|-
|}
Initial setup
It was originally known as "IceChess" but the name was changed to avoid confusion with [[Martian Chess]].
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