Junqi / Luzhanqi / Army Chess · Strategy and opening plans
Junqi, also searched as Luzhanqi or Army Chess: this guide covers WANGO Flip, Hidden Deployment and Open Practice. Other editions may differ.
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2–2 players · Turn-based play; duration varies
WANGO Flip v1 / Deployment v1; checked against trial commit 5fa8c2e on 2026-10-23.
Junqi: rules and strategy for three variants
Opening plans and decisions
Junqi, also searched as Luzhanqi or Army Chess: this guide covers WANGO Flip, Hidden Deployment and Open Practice. Other editions may differ.
Junqi, also searched as Luzhanqi or Army Chess: this guide covers WANGO Flip, Hidden Deployment and Open Practice. Other editions may differ.
Start here if you are new
Keep an engineer before forcing an attack
Enemy mines remain.
Use railways and camps to approach mines with an engineer; avoid exposing your last engineer to a known stronger piece.
Engineers can safely defuse mines and turn on railways.
Protecting engineers may slow other advances.
Without a safe route, compare the cost of exchanging another piece for a mine.
Read the next move through camps and railways
You plan to attack or reposition a high-rank piece.
Check the destination and enemy railway access. Treat hidden ranks as unknown threats.
A long move is not necessarily safe; camps protect their occupants.
Staying in camp may give up an attack.
Before scouting a hidden piece, decide what exchange is acceptable. Suggestions do not guarantee a win.
Details that are easy to miss
- Applying Flip’s mine gate to Deployment or Open.
- Treating a high rank or a suggestion as a guaranteed win.
WANGO Flip Chess v1 / Hidden Arrangement v1; verify trial-play submission 5fa8c2e, 2026-10-23.; the player count and duration on this page are shown according to this site's trial-play mode.
A decision example
Your engineer is adjacent to a known enemy mine, with a road connection, and the target is not in a camp.; Select the engineer, then select the mine's position, and confirm engagement.. After completing one mine clearing, check the selected mode.; In flip chess, you still need to clear all three mines; deployment and open chess do not have this extra threshold.. After the opponent acts, select your piece again and check the current landing spot.; Do not cross any pieces; enemy pieces in camps still cannot be attacked.
Can you capture the flag now?
Flip requires clearing all three enemy mines before capturing an exposed flag. Hidden Deployment and Open Practice do not require clearing every mine: a legal attack on the enemy flag wins. Do not mix these rules.
How rules shape tradeoffs
Engineers can safely defuse mines and turn on railways.
Site hypothetical analysis: removing this constraint would remove the original waiting or resource cost for the same opportunity. This is not an official variant.