Quoridor

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Quoridor is a 2-4 player abstract strategy game from Gigamic Games.

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OBJECT: Be the first to player to move a pawn to the opposite side of the gameboard.

EQUIPMENT:

• 1 9x9 gameboard
• 4 pawns (different colors)
• 20 walls

SETUP:

• The game starts with the pawns on the gameboard. (See Diagram 1)
• The game starts with no walls on the gameboard.
  • In a 2 player game each player starts with 10 walls.
  • In a 4 player game each player starts with 5 walls.

GAMEPLAY:

• On a turn a player may choose one of the following options:
  • Move the pawn.
  • Position a wall on the gameboard.

MOVEMENT:

• A pawn moves orthogonally one square.
  • If a pawn is adjacent to another pawn it can jump over the adjacent pawn.
    • If there is a wall or a second pawn behind the adjacent jumped pawn the jumping pawn can move to any square adjacent to the jumped pawn.
• A pawn cannot move thru a wall.
• A wall cannot be moved.

POSITIONING A WALL:

• Walls are positioned on the intersections of the gameboard.
• Walls must be positioned so that it impedes movement from 4 squares. (See Diagram 2)
• Walls cannot be positioned so that it makes winning the game impossible for any of the pawns on the gameboard.
• Walls cannot be positioned on an existing wall.

END OF GAME: The first player to reach the opposite side of the gameboard is the winner.it:Quoridor