Start by randomly determining the position of the crown by using dice. Take turns putting one of your dice on the board. Replace one of your opponent's pawns on the board, excluding the one with the crown, with one of your dice. Once the dice have been placed, the two players take turns making moves.
 
 

The game is not very complex. There must be catch up mechanisms because the two players will be surprisingly even through the game. You can still keep on fighting after losing a knight. Although the game is not very complex, there are decisions to be made, and this continues steadily through the game. That makes it likeable.