Gamehelponitama

Setup

• Both players have 5 pawns, 4 students and 1 master.
• The master starts on the temple arch.
• 2 students start on each side of the master.
• Shuffle the 16 move cards and deal 2 to each player face up as their starting hand.
• Put another card in the middle.
• Remove the remaining 11 move cards from the game.

\Gameplay

• 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

Actions

Move

* 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.

* Choose one of the two move cards in your hand.
* 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.

Captures
* If your pawn moves onto a square that is occupied by one of your opponent's pawns, the opponent's pawn is immediately captured and removed from the game.
** Moving over or through a square occupied by an opponent's piece does not capture it.

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 facing your opponent.
** If you couldn't move, you can choose either of 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.