Weighing of HeartsAn enemy pawn is devoured, a knight or bishop is banished for 3 moves, a rook is paralyzed for 3 moves.
EgyptAnubis
Egypt · Style Underworld
AnubisThe guardian of the dead
Anubis weighs hearts, sends mummies into battle and banishes half the center with his Death Watch. The god for players who like to lock their opponent out.
Weighs hearts, raises mummies, banishes pieces. For lockdown lovers.
- Free to download
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- No account
- Plays offline
Who is Anubis?
The guardian of the dead weighs hearts and sends mummies back onto the board.
Anubis has the head of a jackal and the most polite job in the world: he guides the dead into the afterlife. There he places their heart on a scale, opposite a feather. If the heart is too heavy, things get unpleasant. Anubis takes his work very seriously and does it with great care, linen bandages included. He never says goodbye, only see you soon.
Before the first move, Anubis hides the Tomb trap on the board. If your opponent moves onto the square, a tomb closes around the piece: it is banished for 4 moves.
Powers
Anubis's three powers
Every move earns 1 favor, every captured piece adds its value on top. Instead of moving, you use a power. After that it needs a few moves before it is ready again.
- Weighing of Hearts
An enemy pawn is devoured, a knight or bishop is banished for 3 moves, a rook is paralyzed for 3 moves.
- Mummy
One of your captured pawns, knights or bishops returns as a mummy. After 6 of your moves it crumbles.
- Death Watch
Ultimate power: All enemy pieces except king and queen in the middle of the board (ranks 3 to 6) are banished for 2 moves.
In mythology
Who was Anubis really?
Anubis was the jackal headed god of embalming and the guardian of cemeteries. Before Osiris became ruler of the dead, Anubis was the most important god of the underworld. Tradition says he embalmed the murdered Osiris and so became the patron of mummification. In the Book of the Dead he leads the deceased to the scales and weighs their heart against the feather of Maat. If the heart is too heavy, it is devoured by the demon Ammit. He was usually painted black, a colour that stood for the fertile mud of the Nile and for rebirth. So in the game Anubis weighs hearts, raises mummies and keeps the death watch.
Tactics
How to win with Anubis
Weigh the pawn before the king
Weighing of Hearts swallows a pawn whole. Pick one in front of the enemy king and open lines for your rooks.
Send mummies forward at once
A mummy crumbles after 6 of your moves. Don't save it, use it right away as an attacker, a decoy or a sacrifice.
Death Watch on a crowded center
Wait until plenty of enemy pieces stand on ranks 3 to 6. Then they are all banished for 2 moves and the center is yours.
Tomb on the fork square
The Tomb trap banishes a piece for 4 moves. Hide it on a square where an enemy knight would land to fork your pieces.
Quips
Anubis has something to say about everything
Welcome. I will just weigh your heart.
at the startCheck, with kind regards from the afterlife.
when giving checkDo not worry, I do not hold grudges. Actually, I do.
when hitFour moves of rest. Enjoy them.
when the trap snaps
Every mythology has a god of the Underworld style: Hades and Hel play a similar game with very different powers.
Good to know
Questions about Anubis
The download is free. Anubis can be bought on their own in the game, or together with every other god in the Key of the Gods.
The ultimate power Death Watch. It costs 25 favor, works only once per game and does this: All enemy pieces except king and queen in the middle of the board (ranks 3 to 6) are banished for 2 moves.
Every mythology has one god for the Underworld style. Besides Anubis, these are Hades (Greece) and Hel (The North).
24: eight each from Greece, Egypt and the North, each with a play style of their own. Zeus is playable right away, Gaia and Hermes join you after three wins.