Author: Theo van der Storm
Date: 01:18:02 03/06/05
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On March 06, 2005 at 04:03:53, Tony Werten wrote: >On March 05, 2005 at 11:19:59, Ingo Althofer wrote: > >>On March 05, 2005 at 10:49:51, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >>>Did you show the rules? >> >>Sorry, not yet. But here they come. >> >>Two player X and Y, moving in turn, X to start. >>Passing is not allowed. >> >>A move consists of two parts: >>(i)rolling dice >>and >>(ii) pushing one own piece one square "forward" >> >>Each player has 6 stones in the beginning, with numbers >>1, 2, ..., 6. The quadratic board has size 5x5. >>Player X starts with all his stones in the 6 squares of >>the upper left, player Y in the lower right. >>(Each player is free to select the arrangement of his stones >>on the six starting squares.) >> >>Example starting position: >>x1 x6 x3 -- -- >>x5 x2 -- -- -- >>x4 -- -- -- y2 >>-- -- -- y3 y1 >>-- -- y4 y6 y5 >> >>Feasible directions for X are one step to the south, to the >>east, and diagonally to the south-east. >>Feasible directions for Y are one step to the north, to the >>west, and diagonally to the north-west. >>A move may be to a free square or it may capture an opponent >>or it may capture an own piece. (Often it really helps to >>capture own stones!) Does x have to capture his own stone when it throws 1 in the starting position? Yes. >Or does the first free square in a direction count as a move ? (ie "jump over" >own connected stones ) > >Tony Stones do not block or connect in any way. Stones move like a king, but only towards the opposite corner. EinStein does not jump. Theo
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