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Goal
Your goal is to either have your candidate reach the opponent's palace line, remove your opponent's candidate, or have your opponent take both your ladies
Turn
On your turn, move one of your masks either to an empty space or onto an opponent's mask, capturing it
Capture
If you capture a Noble, Advisor, or Soldier, the captee is removed from the board
If you capture a Lady, BOTH the captee and captor are removed from the board
If you capture a Candidate, you immediately win
Masks
There are 5 Mask types, each with their own movement style
Noble (3) - Moves 1 space orthogonally, may capture
Advisor (3) - Moves 1 space diagonally, may capture
Candidate (1) - Moves 1 space orthogonally or diagonally, may capture
Soldier (1) - Moves exactly 2 spaces forward, the 1st space must be empty, and they may capture on the 2nd space
Lady (2) - Moves 1 space orthogonally or diagonally, cannot capture