Bog mudThree free squares side by side in the middle are blocked for your opponent for 2 moves.
Shadow GuildMildred
Shadow Guild · Style Growth
Madam Mildred BogwortThe bog witch
Mildred bogs down the center and drags captured pieces back out of the swamp, even the queen. For players who love long games and stubborn defense.
Bogs down the center and brings back the fallen. For stubborn players.
- Free to download
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- No account
- Plays offline
Who is Mildred?
The bog witch turns the center to swamp and pulls the fallen back out of the mire.
Madam Mildred Bogwort lives in the middle of the swamp in a hut on chicken legs that she lovingly calls Gertrude. She collects mushrooms, toads and secrets, preferably other people’s. Her soup is notorious: nobody knows what is in it, and nobody dares to ask. Whatever sinks into her bog comes back up sooner or later, usually in a bad mood.
Before the first move, Mildred hides the Bog trap on the board. If your opponent moves onto the square, the piece gets stuck in the bog: its move is lost and the square is then blocked for them for 2 moves. It does not trigger while he is in check.
Spells
Mildred's three spells
Every move earns 1 mana, every captured piece adds its value on top. Instead of moving, you cast a spell. After that it needs a few moves before it is ready again.
- Bog mud
Three free squares side by side in the middle are blocked for your opponent for 2 moves.
- Toadstool brood
One of your captured pawns returns onto your third rank.
- Risen from the bog
Master spell: One of your captured pieces, even the queen, returns onto your back rank.
Tactics
How to win with Mildred
Swamp the center
Bog mud blocks three empty central squares in a row for 2 moves. Enemy knights and pawns simply can't get into the middle.
Trades hurt you less
Every capture earns mana. Toadstool brood puts a captured pawn back on your third rank, pure gold in a thinned-out endgame.
Raise your queen from the bog
Risen from the bog returns a captured piece to your back rank for 28 mana, even the queen. Save it for your best piece, it only works once.
Bog trap as a moat
Place the Bog trap on a square leading toward your king. Your opponent loses the move and can't use that square for 2 more.
Quips
Mildred has something to say about everything
Hee hee. Fresh pieces for my bog. How thoughtful of you!
at the startInto the soup it goes! Better not ask what else is in there.
when capturingCheck? Run, Gertrude! On both your chicken legs!
in checkGertrude stomped that square soft just for you.
when the trap snaps
The rival is Granny Hilda Mossgreen of the Bright Circle. When these two meet, it's not just pieces that fly, but quips too.
Count Fibulus HumbugTricks and deceit
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Aunt Tempora RustyhandTime and clockwork
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Corvina RavenwingRavens and shadows
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Good to know
Questions about Mildred
The download is free. Beat Mildred three times and Mildred joins your side.
The master spell Risen from the bog. It costs 28 mana, works only once per game and does this: One of your captured pieces, even the queen, returns onto your back rank.
Granny Hilda Mossgreen of the Bright Circle. Both play the Growth style, and each has special quips for the other.
16: eight good wizards in the Bright Circle and eight evil ones in the Shadow Guild, one for each play style. Bruno and Baron Basil are playable right away, every other wizard joins you after three wins.