This could be made non-combatant ready by having the opposing pieces answer trivia or historical questions rather than battling it out with weapons. It probably wouldn't run any faster, but it would give non-combatants an opportunity to play. Perhaps it could even be incorporated with a costume theme. Choose teams and pieces before hand and let the chess pieces dress to fit their roles. It is played on a board comprised of 49 alternating white and black squares arranged in seven parallel rows of seven.
Pieces are different coloured stones or objects as described below.
One player has eight pieces which are placed on the white squares on the edge of the board nearest the corners. If a piece, other than the King, chooses to move diagonally on the white squares, then it may move two squares at a time. Only the King may enter Tara. The object of the game is for the Barons to capture all the Princes or for the King and the Princes to capture all the Barons. Capture is effected by moving into the same square as an opposing piece.