codex · nerf
Slow Start
For your first 6 moves, you can only move pawns and knights.
At a glance
- Type
- Nerf
- Tier
- III. CommonCommon: the everyday middle of the draft.
- Focus
- Pawns, Knights, Movement
- Collection
- Wild
- Appears in
- Nerf mode
- How it works
- Passive and secret: it is always on, and your opponent cannot see it.
How it works
Slow Startis one of Nerf Chess's secret handicaps. In Nerf mode you choose one of two nerfs before the first move, in secret, and carry it for the whole game.
The board quietly enforces it: any move it forbids is simply never offered, so you cannot break it by accident. Your opponent never sees which nerf you took until the game ends, so every move you make is also a clue they are trying to read.
“The heavy pieces sleep in.”
History
- July 7, 2026Added with the Wild expansion nerfs.
Related nerfs
keep exploring