Immovable defeats any attacking piece except MinerĬan move any distance in a straight line, without leaping over pieces / lakesĬan defeat the Marshal, but only if the Spy makes the attack Classic versionįrom highest rank to lowest the pieces are: Rank If the Spy attacks any other piece, or is attacked by any piece (including the Marshal), the Spy is defeated. Each player also has one Spy, which succeeds only if it attacks the Marshal, or the Flag.

It immediately eliminates any other piece striking it, without itself being destroyed. The most numerous special piece is the Bomb (each player has six note that the Bombs cannot move) which only Miners can defuse. Piecesįor most pieces, rank alone determines the outcome, but there are special pieces. Such pre-play distinguishes the fundamental strategy of particular players, and influences the outcome of the game. Players arrange their 40 pieces in a 4x10 configuration at either end of the board. The average game has 381 moves, The number of legal positions is 10 115, The number of possible games is 10 535. In the event that a player has no movable pieces, the opponent is the winner. They are shown as lakes on the battlefield and serve as choke points to make frontal assaults less direct. Two zones in the middle of the board, each 2x2, cannot be entered by either player's pieces at any time. A piece may not move onto a square already occupied unless it attacks. If the engaging pieces are of equal rank, both are removed. Each player moves one piece per turn, when the player wants to attack they move their piece onto a square occupied by an opposing piece, both players reveal their piece's rank the weaker piece (there are exceptions see below) is removed from the board. The ranks are printed on one side only and placed so that the players cannot identify the opponent's pieces. Typically, one player uses red pieces, and the other uses blue pieces. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's flag or cause a surrender.

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