Damage Xiangqi

A xiangqi where you don't capture — you grind them down. Damage Xiangqi rebuilds Chinese chess around HP, Attack and Defense. Pieces no longer fall in one hit. You chip away their HP, and only defeat them when it reaches zero. Damage is randomized, and an attacked piece may strike back. Every point on the board becomes a gamble. Three actions a turn — dense, deliberate play. Instead of one move, you take three actions per turn (Red's very first turn: one).

Advance, corner them, and strike. There is no checkmate — check is only a warning. The first player to burn the enemy General's HP to zero wins. The Cannon's bombardment, weaponized. The Cannon moves like a Chariot but attacks only over exactly one screen piece — and when it lands the killing blow, it leaps onto the target's point. Because of its attack pattern it is almost never countered. Line up your screens and shell the palace.

Xiangqi traditions, kept intact. Horse legs and Elephant eyes can be blocked, Elephants stay on their side, Advisors and Generals guard the palace, and Soldiers gain sideways movement after crossing the river. The face-off (flying General) ban is in by default — and it becomes a positional weapon. Tune the luck yourself. Damage variance, counter success rate, actions per turn, rule toggles — the rules are yours.…