(game "Dris at-Talata" (players 2) (equipment { (board (square 3)) (hand Each) (piece "Marker" Each) }) (rules (start (place "Marker" "Hand" count:3)) phases:{ (phase "Placement" (play (move (from (handSite Mover)) (to (sites Empty)) ) ) (nextPhase ("HandEmpty" P2) "Movement") ) (phase "Movement" (play (move (from (sites Occupied by:Mover)) (to (sites Empty)) ) ) ) } (end ("Line3Win" Orthogonal)) ) ) //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (metadata (info { (description "Dris at-Talata is a simple game of alignment played in Egypt during the eighteenth century, but likely to be much older.") (aliases {"Dris-ath-Thalatha"}) (rules "3x3 grid. Three pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing a piece on the board. When all of the pieces are placed, players alternate turns moving a piece to any empty space on the board. The player who places three pieces in an orthogonal row wins. ") (source "Niebuhr 1774: 171-172.") (id "1057") (version "1.3.12") (classification "board/space/line") (credit "Eric Piette") (origin "This game was played in Egypt, around 1762.") } ) (graphics { (board Colour Phase0 (colour 223 178 110)) (board Colour InnerEdges (colour Black)) (board Colour OuterEdges (colour Black)) }) (ai "Dris at-Talata_ai" ) )