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Setup

• Each player has 4 students and 1 master.
• The master starts on the temple arch.
• The students start 2 on each side of the master.
• Shuffle the 16 move cards and deal 2 to each player face up.
• Put another card in the middle.
• Remove the other 11 cards from the game.

Game play

• The player with the same colour as the stamp in the middle goes first.
• On your turn, do these two actions in order:
  1. Move
  2. Exchange

Move & Attack

• Choose a move card in front of you.
• Then, choose a pawn and move it as shown on the card.
  • The square grid will show the possible moves.
• The black square in the middle represents the space your chosen pawn occupies.
  • The coloured spaces show where your pawn can move in relation to its starting position.
  • You can move your pawn to any one of the spaces indicated.
• Other pawns and temple arches don't block the movement of the pawn across the board.
• You can never make a move that would cause a pawn to move off the board or move onto the same square as one of your own pawns.
• If your pawn moves onto a square that is occupied by one of your opponent's pawns, the opponent's pawn is captured and removed from the game.

Captures

• Pieces are captured by landing on an opponent's piece.
  • Moving over or through a square occupied by an opponent's piece doesn't capture it.
• If you can make a legal move, you must make it.
• If you can't make a legal move, you must skip moving and must still exchange.

Exchange

• Add the move card in the middle to your hand.
  • You may use it starting from the next turn.
• Take the move card you just used and place it in the middle.
• If you couldn't move, you can choose between the two cards in your hand.

Winning

• There are two ways to win:
  1. Capture your opponent's master pawn.
  2. Move your master pawn to your opponent's temple arch space.