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Lines of Action
by GeometricGames
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Lines of Action
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Description
A modern classic. The simple rules disguise a very subtle 2 player game. Play against a friend (hotseat) or against 4 levels of computer AI. form all your pieces into a single group whilst blocking your opponent from doing the same.
How to Play
The aim of the game is to moves all your pieces so they form a single connected group. Diagonals count when checking to see if a piece is in a group.
A piece can move in any of the eight directions. A piece can jump over pieces from it's own side. A piece may capture a piece from the opposition side by landing on it. A piece cannot jump over a piece from the opposition side.
A piece moves a number of spaces equal to the total number of pieces (from either side, including itself) that are in the row, column, or diagonal it is moving in.
Yes, you can accidentally make your opponent win by capturing a stray piece of theirs. In the event of both players connecting their pieces simultaneously then the moving player wins.
Click a piece to select it for movement, legal squares become highlighted. Click on a square to move the piece there or click the piece again to deselect it.
Comments
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infomage27
Aug. 05, 2008
please make the instructions clearer. it is completely non-obvious where a piece can jump without clicking on it - making any sort of thought-out strategy impossible. rules for capturing appear to be even more obscure.
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philnotfil
Aug. 07, 2008
Pretty cool game. The wiki link helped it make sense.
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GeometricGames
Aug. 06, 2008
A better (with diagrams and line breaks and everything) description of the movement rules can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines_of_Action
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umfpt
Aug. 05, 2008
I beat the cleverest computer but I still don´t understand the movement.
infomage27
Aug. 05, 2008
ok, i think i sorted out the movement. game is eviler than it looks!
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