LINEAR PROGRESSION

Copyright (c) 1997-2003 Lloyd Krassner

This game is played on an empty 8x8 square board:

SETUP - Initially, each player drop one stone on an empty cell. TURN - At each turn, each player slide (orthogonally or diagonally) one of his stones. Then for each crossed cell, drop a stone if it's empty, or replace by one of his stones if the cell is occupied by an enemy stone. If the sliding stone reaches a cell occupied by a friendly stone, it stops. A stone cannot move into the last cell occupied by the enemy in the previous turn. The original cell, where the movement began, also gets a stone. A slide must always pass, at least, thru one empty cell. The corner cells cannot be entered and are not used during the game. If there is no valid movement, the player passes. GOAL - The game ends when both players pass. Wins the one with more stones on the board.

 

An example Black dropped at b7 and White at e6. Black made a slide until e4 (the marked black stone). Now White can slide in 8 directions. If he slides to the left or the bottom-left, the slide may replace one black stone by a white stone. However, the slide to the south must stop before e4, since this was the last cell occupied be the previous black move.