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Objective
Beware this is an asymmetric game :
- BLACK : Wolves need to block the Sheep.
- WHITE : Sheep need to pass through the wolves and reach their starting line.
Components
- A Chess like board
- 1 white token (called "Sheep")
- 4 black tokens (called "Wolves")
Setup
Wolves are placed onto fields B8, D8, F8, and H8. Sheep starts the game from E1.
On Your Turn
You can move :
- 1 piece at a time
- only diagonally (so you always play on the same cell color of the board)
- only 1 step at a time
- the sheep can moves backward, not the wolves
End of game
Beware this is an asymmetric game :
- WHITE Victory : Sheep wins by reaching the other side of the board (8th row or 10th row according to played variant).
- BLACK Victory : Wolves win by blocking the sheep such that it cannot move anymore (when sheep has no legal move left).
Variants
- Chess board : 8x8
- Checkers board : 10x10 (+1 black token)