12-17-2013, 02:29 PM
Does anyone have any information on Latrunculi? With me looking around on the internet I have found that it is a lot like the Greek game Petteia and the is possibly the Viking game Hnefatafl is based off of. Most of the website I have come across appear to generally have the same set of rules:
1. Arrange pieces on opposite side of board with “king” in center
2. Black plays first.
3. All pieces may move any number of spaces in the horizontal or vertical direction.
4. A single stone is captured if it is surrounded on two opposite sides.
5. The outside walls cannot be used to capture men.
6. A stone in the corner can be captured by two stones placed across the corner.
7. Multiple stones can be captured along a line.
8. The “king” cannot be captured but can be immobilized by being surrounded on all four sides.
9. First player to immobilize the enemy king wins.
10. The king is immobilized if it is blocked by an enemy stone such that it has no place left to move.
11. If the game stalemates, the player with the most captured enemy stones wins.
Is the information I have correct?
1. Arrange pieces on opposite side of board with “king” in center
2. Black plays first.
3. All pieces may move any number of spaces in the horizontal or vertical direction.
4. A single stone is captured if it is surrounded on two opposite sides.
5. The outside walls cannot be used to capture men.
6. A stone in the corner can be captured by two stones placed across the corner.
7. Multiple stones can be captured along a line.
8. The “king” cannot be captured but can be immobilized by being surrounded on all four sides.
9. First player to immobilize the enemy king wins.
10. The king is immobilized if it is blocked by an enemy stone such that it has no place left to move.
11. If the game stalemates, the player with the most captured enemy stones wins.
Is the information I have correct?
Joshua B. Davis
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
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"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
[url:vat9d7f9]http://legvi.tripod.com[/url]
"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda