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Animal chess pieces and ranks
Start with the red set below. Blue uses the same animals on a darker disc. Every piece steps one square orthogonally; a higher rank captures a lower one, except the rat can take the elephant.
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RatWeakest on land, but it can enter the river and is the only piece that can capture the elephant.
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CatRank 2. Captures the rat, and is captured by everything from dog upward.
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DogRank 3. A steady hunter that still has to respect leopard, tiger, lion, and elephant.
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WolfRank 4. Stronger than dog, still food for leopard and the three big cats above it.
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LeopardRank 5. Controls the middle of the food chain; it cannot jump rivers.
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TigerRank 6. Can leap a whole river in a straight line unless a rat is swimming in the way.
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LionRank 7. Same river jump as the tiger, one rank stronger in a fight.
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ElephantStrongest piece, but it cannot capture the rat.