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MOVE -
Both the Towers and Castellans
moves like the chess Rook (i.e., any number of empty cells in
a straight orthogonal line), and may leap orthogonally over an adjacent piece, landing on the next
empty cell.
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Castellans may additionally step a single
cell diagonally, but not to the red cell, and without capturing. |
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A player's pieces may not enter their own red corner cell. |
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Moving as so as to repeat the previous position is forbidden. |
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CAPTURE - There are two ways of
capture:
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Custodian - If a piece moves orthogonally next to an enemy
piece and there is another friendly piece directly beyond that, the enemy is squeezed
between the two pieces and captured. |
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Intervention - If a piece steps between two
orthogonally placed enemy pieces, it captures them both. |
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It is possible to move so as to capture in more than one direction at a time. |
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Pieces on corners may be captured by occupying both orthogonally adjacent
cells. Red cells act like enemy pieces for both sides for purpose of capturing. |
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Capture is mandatory, except if the player's Castellan is threatened or can move to the opposing red
cell. However, if the only capturing move is with that Castellan, the player must still make it. |
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The player may choose among any available capturing moves. |
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GOAL -
Wins who captures the opposing Castellan; or moves his Castellan to the opponent's red cell; or stalemates the
opponent. |
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