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Breakthrough

Period

Modern

Category Board, Race, Reach

Description

Invented in 2000 by Dan Troyka, Breakthrough is a Chess variant played only with pawns.

Rules

Played on an 8x8 board with a double contingent of chess pawns. Pieces move forward one orthogonally or diagonally. Pieces can capture by moving diagonally. The first player to reach the opponent's edge of the board wins. A player also can win if they capture all of the opponent's pieces.

Wikipedia

Publisher

Zillions of Games

Creation date

2000

Ludeme Description

Breakthrough.lud

Concepts

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.46

BGG.3825


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