Gamehelpquoridor

Freeboard

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Overview

• Abstract game played on a 9×9 board.
• 2 or 4 players.
• The first player to move their pawn to the opposite side of the board wins.
• Walls can be placed to restrict pawn moves.

Game play

• Each player has one pawn which starts in the middle of their respective side.
• 20 walls are distributed equally to all players.
  • i.e. 2 players: 10 each.
  • i.e. 4 players: 5 each.
• Players take turns to either:

1. Move their pawn

   OR

2. Place a wall

Move a pawn

Legal pawn moves I

The white pawn may move backwards, to the left or jump over the black pawn.

A pawn may not move through a wall or onto the same square as another pawn.

Legal pawn moves II

The forward jump is blocked by a wall.

The active white pawn may additionally move to squares orthogonally adjacent to the black pawn.

• Adjacent squares in orthogonal directions.
  • i.e. forwards, backwards, or sideways.
• Not through a wall.
• Not onto the same square as another pawn.
• Jump over an orthogonally adjacent pawn:
  1. Two squares in the direction of the adjacent pawn.
     • If there is no other pawn, fence or board edge preventing this move to the destination square.
  2. Otherwise one square diagonally.
     • If there is no other pawn, fence or board edge preventing this move to the destination square.
     • i.e. the active pawn moves to the adjacent pawn and then one square at a right angle.
• Note: jumps are never mandatory.

Place a wall

• Each wall is two squares long.
• Must be placed between squares, aligned with the grid.
• May not jut out of the board.
• May not block all paths for each pawn to reach their destination side.
• Note: if a player places all their walls, they can no longer place walls.

Game end

• A player wins if their pawn reaches any one of the nine squares on its destination side, opposite to their starting side.
• A team wins if either pawn reaches its destination side.