(game "Kotu Ellima" 
    (players 2) 
    (equipment { 
        ("AlquerqueBoardWithFourTriangles")
        (piece "Marker" Each 
            (or 
                ("HopCapture")
                ("StepToEmpty")
            )
        )
    }) 
    (rules 
        (start { 
            (place "Marker1" (union {(expand (sites Bottom) steps:2) (expand (sites Right) steps:3) (sites {"F3" "G3" "E4" "F4" "F6" "F7" "G7"}) }))
            (place "Marker2" (union {(expand (sites Top) steps:2) (expand (sites Left) steps:3) (sites {"C3" "D3" "D4" "D6" "E6" "D7" "C7"}) }))
        })
        
        (play (forEach Piece))
        
        (end ("NoMoves" Loss))
    )
)

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(metadata 
    
    (info
        {
        (description "Kotu Ellima is a leaping capture game played in Sri Lanka since at least the nineteenth century, but which may potentially be older.")
        (aliases {"Kotu Ellime" "Taking of the Castles"})
        (rules "From the starting position, each player takes turns moving one piece to an adjacent point connected to its current position by a line. Captures are made by hopping over an adjacent piece. The player who captures all the opponent's pieces wins.")
        (source "Ludovisi 1873: 33-34.")
        (id "155")
        (version "1.3.12")
        (classification "board/war/leaping/lines")
        (credit "Eric Piette")
        (origin "This game was played in South Asia, around 1873.")
        }
    )
    
    (graphics {
        (show Edges Diagonal Hidden)
    })
    
    (ai 
        "Kotu Ellima_ai"
    )
    
)