Usual disclaimer and copyright terms apply. Queens' College , Cambridge, though it can be played on a board. The centre square is not used in the game. Queens' Courtiers is for two players, each of whom has one King, one Queen, and six Courtiers, the two teams each being different colours. By lot, one player is chosen to start.
Players then play alternately, moving one piece in each turn.
Each turn consists of either a single move or a double move. The King may move one square in any direction, i.e., in the same way that a King in Chess may. The Courtiers move in the same fashion as Knights do in Chess. The Queen may move either one square diagonally, or exactly three squares horizontally or vertically. The Queen may not jump over other pieces, nor may she jump over the central square.