Bushka Tutor | About Basic Tactics Strategy Games Problems Read Me Rules | 2 Piece movement 3 Phalanx movement 4 Phalanx capture 1 5 Phalanx capture 2 6 Piece capture 1 7 Piece capture 2 8 Three-fold 9 Notation |
The rules mention men and kings.
If the difference is irrelevant, these may also be referred to as pieces.
Diagram 1 Diagram 1 shows the board and the pieces in initial position. There are two players, 'black' and 'white'. White begins. Players move - and must move - in turn.
If a player has no legal move he loses the game. This may come about either by being eliminated or being blocked completely.
Capture has precedence over a non-capturing move. If the player to move has no capture to make, he has the following options:
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