Toy Conflict - 26 characters - foldable board - pieces can be hidden inside the board - two groups of protagonists, one group of antagonists

As a child, my favorite board game was not Ludo, not checkers, not Army Chess, not Gomoku, not Chess, but Animal Chess. The simplest version used paper pieces. But for my childhood back then, it was my favorite game to play with friends

Let's make a TOY STORY version of Animal Chess

Animal Chess is a traditional Chinese board game where two players each control eight types of pieces: elephant, lion, tiger, leopard, wolf, dog, cat, and mouse, playing on a 9x7 grid board

The board features rivers and traps, following a "larger eats smaller" rule. However, the mouse can eat the elephant, similar types can eat each other, lions and tigers can cross the river, and land animals cannot attack the mouse when it is in the river

Victory is determined by occupying the opponent's den or eliminating all of their pieces

In the game board, the display cabinet corresponds to the rivers in Animal Chess:

Because toys are most afraid of being put into cabinets, I designed louvered cabinet doors to represent the rivers

The traps are white, containing powerful villain characters:

Bonnie's team - Andy's team

Lotso - Zurg

Big Baby - Benson

Bunny - Ducky

The dens (animal homes) of both sides correspond to Andy and Bonnie in Toy Story: because toys returning to their owners means returning home

The characters' power levels can be freely determined according to both players' preferences. Below is my chosen character ranking corresponding to the power levels in Animal Chess:

Elephant: Woody - Buzz

Lion: Jessie - Bo Peep

Tiger: Mrs Potato Head - Mr Potato Head

Leopard: Slinky Dog - Bullseye

Wolf: Trixie - Rex (T-Rex)

Dog: Alien - Hamm (Piggy Bank)

Cat: Dolly - Mr Pricklepants

Mouse: Forky - Karen (Forky's wife)

Mr Potato Head and Mrs Potato Head can pass through the cabinet doors because Mr Potato Head's and Mrs Potato Head's body parts, hands, and feet can be thrown, making it very easy to throw them through the cabinet doors

The skills of each character can be discussed and played together according to you and your opponent's preferences

Separating Woody from Bo Peep, and Jessie from Buzz, is to allow Bo Peep and Jessie to restrain Woody and Buzz, ha ha ha ha ha

Why is Forky the mouse?

Because Woody is constantly dragged down by Forky repeatedly running to the trash can

Originally, Jessie was meant to be Forky's opposing character, as Jessie could control Buzz, but for pairing purposes, it was designed this way