For example, assigning regular rooks moves to a bishop and regular bishop moves to a rook does get confusing. Also, players should try to not have pawns, for example, be more powerful than the queen in the game. Ideally, one wants the pawns to be weakest in the game, followed by knight, bishop and rook, with the queen being equal to or superior to all other pieces. Play then continues as follows in Meta Chess, with placement phase then movement phase following, in that order. During first eight turns, players alternate placing one of their remaining pieces on the board.
Players place their pieces in a vacant space.
The number on the space represents which space the player can put their pieces on. Player 1 puts their pieces on A1 through A8. Player 2 puts their pieces on H1 through H8. Only one piece may occupy a space during the game. If player 1 put a piece on A2, for example, then player 1 may not put another piece there.