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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
* Each player gets a 4*4 board and | * Each player gets a 4*4 board and fits them together. This is each player's territory. | ||
* Each player gets 3 pawns (one dot), 3 drones (two dots) and 3 queens (three dots) and | * Each player gets 3 pawns (one dot), 3 drones (two dots) and 3 queens (three dots) and places them in their territory. Colours don't matter. | ||
* On your turn, move a piece in your | * On your turn, move a piece in your territory. If you move onto an opponent's piece, you capture it. | ||
* Pawns can move one space diagonally, drones can move up to two spaces orthogonally and queens can move any number of spaces in any direction. | * Pawns can move one space diagonally, drones can move up to two spaces orthogonally (at right angles) and queens can move any number of spaces in any direction. | ||
* You can merge a drone and a pawn to a queen if you have no queens, and merge two pawns to a drone if you have no drones. | * You can merge a drone and a pawn to a queen if you have no queens, and merge two pawns to a drone if you have no drones. | ||
* In a 2-player game, your opponent may not “reject” your move; if one player moves a piece across the canal, the other can’t move it back to the same square it came from. | |||
==End of the Game== | ==End of the Game== | ||
* The game ends when | * The game ends when a territory is empty. | ||
* Each player scores 1 point for a dot on a piece they capture. The player with the most points wins. | * Each player scores 1 point for a dot on a piece they capture. The player with the most points wins. | ||
* If there is a tie, the player who makes the move causing the game to end is the winner, regardless of points. | * If there is a tie, the player who makes the move causing the game to end is the winner, regardless of points. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:06, 24 June 2023
Gameplay
- Each player gets a 4*4 board and fits them together. This is each player's territory.
- Each player gets 3 pawns (one dot), 3 drones (two dots) and 3 queens (three dots) and places them in their territory. Colours don't matter.
- On your turn, move a piece in your territory. If you move onto an opponent's piece, you capture it.
- Pawns can move one space diagonally, drones can move up to two spaces orthogonally (at right angles) and queens can move any number of spaces in any direction.
- You can merge a drone and a pawn to a queen if you have no queens, and merge two pawns to a drone if you have no drones.
- In a 2-player game, your opponent may not “reject” your move; if one player moves a piece across the canal, the other can’t move it back to the same square it came from.
End of the Game
- The game ends when a territory is empty.
- Each player scores 1 point for a dot on a piece they capture. The player with the most points wins.
- If there is a tie, the player who makes the move causing the game to end is the winner, regardless of points.