Cat LeapOne of your pieces (not the king) leaps once like a knight, without capturing.
EgyptBastet
Egypt · Style Trickery
BastetThe cat goddess
Bastet leaps like a cat, swaps places with a swipe of her claws and finally brings kittens into the world. The goddess for players who love surprises.
Leaps, swaps places and has kittens. For players who love surprises.
- Free to download
- No ads
- No account
- Plays offline
Who is Bastet?
The cat goddess leaps wherever she likes and swaps places with her enemies.
Bastet is a cat, and cats do whatever they want. One moment she is asleep in the sun, the next she is on the other side of the board pretending she has always been there. She protects house and home, as long as you feed her. Whoever annoys her gets scratched. Whoever praises her does too, only more kindly.
Before the first move, Bastet hides the Purr trap on the board. If your opponent moves onto the square, Bastet wraps him around her paw: she steals up to 5 favor and the piece is paralyzed for 1 move.
Powers
Bastet'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.
- Cat Leap
One of your pieces (not the king) leaps once like a knight, without capturing.
- Claw Swap
One of your pieces swaps places with a neighboring enemy piece (not king or queen).
- Kittens
Ultimate power: Two new pawns of yours appear on empty squares of your third rank.
In mythology
Who was Bastet really?
Bastet was a goddess of Lower Egypt whose main sanctuary stood in the city of Bubastis in the Nile Delta. Early on she was shown as a lioness, later mostly as a cat or a woman with a cat's head. She was regarded as a daughter of the sun god Ra and as a protector of homes, families, mothers and children. The Greek historian Herodotus describes her festival at Bubastis, where huge crowds arrived with music and dancing. Countless cats were mummified and buried in her temple grounds. Egyptians valued cats highly because they kept mice and snakes away from the food stores. So in the game Bastet leaps like a cat, swipes with her claws and has kittens.
Tactics
How to win with Bastet
Free your trapped pieces
Cat Leap lets a rook or bishop jump over your own pawns like a knight. Develop pieces that would otherwise be stuck.
Claw your way into the fortress
Swap places with a defender next to the enemy king. Suddenly your piece is inside his fortress and his is left outside.
Kittens as a shield
Two fresh pawns on your third rank patch holes in front of your king or give you precious material for the endgame.
Trap the favorite squares
Set the Purr trap on a square your opponent loves to visit, like one in front of your pieces. The stolen 5 favor pay for your next leap.
Quips
Bastet has something to say about everything
Bring me fish and maybe I will lose more slowly.
at the startI still have eight lives.
after a lossI am leaving your king on your doorstep.
after a winYou may still pet me.
after a defeat
Every mythology has a god of the Trickery style: Hermes and Loki play a similar game with very different powers.
Good to know
Questions about Bastet
The download is free. Bastet can be bought on their own in the game, or together with every other god in the Key of the Gods.
The ultimate power Kittens. It costs 25 favor, works only once per game and does this: Two new pawns of yours appear on empty squares of your third rank.
Every mythology has one god for the Trickery style. Besides Bastet, these are Hermes (Greece) and Loki (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.