(game "Round Merels"
    (players 2) 
    (equipment { 
        (board (concentric {1 8}) use:Vertex)
        (hand Each)
        (piece "Marker" Each "StepToEmpty") 
    }) 
    (rules 
        (start (place "Marker" "Hand" count:3))
        
        phases:{
        (phase "Placement"
            (play 
                (move 
                    (from (handSite Mover)) 
                    (to (sites Empty))
                ) 
            )
            (nextPhase ("HandEmpty" P2) "Movement")
        )
        
        ("PhaseMovePiece" "Movement")
        }
        
        (end (if (is Line 3 through:(centrePoint) what:(mover)) (result Mover Win))) 
    )
)

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(option "Variant" <Variant> args:{ <type> }
    {
    (item "Blumlein" <>  "The rules are describing with the Blumlein ruleset.") 
})

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(rulesets { 
    
    (ruleset "Ruleset/Blumlein (Suggested)" {
        "Variant/Blumlein"
    })*
    
    (ruleset "Ruleset/Historical Information (Incomplete)" {
        
    })
    
})

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(metadata 
    
    (info
        {
        (description "Round Merels is a hypothesized game based on the frequent discovery of this pattern as graffiti on Roman and later monuments. It may be similar to a simple merels game but on a round board.")
        (useFor "Ruleset/Historical Information (Incomplete)" (rules "Eight spots arranged in a circle around a central spot. Opposite spots are connected by a diameter through the central spot."))
        (useFor "Ruleset/Historical Information (Incomplete)" (source "DLP evidence."))
        (useFor "Ruleset/Historical Information (Incomplete)" (id "94"))
        (useFor "Ruleset/Blumlein (Suggested)" (rules "Three pieces per player. Players take turns placing their pieces on a spot where the lines intersect. They then take turns moving one piece to an adjacent empty spot. The first player to place three pieces in a row wins the game. "))
        (useFor "Ruleset/Blumlein (Suggested)" (source "Blümlein 1918: 101-102. "))
        (useFor "Ruleset/Blumlein (Suggested)" (id "567"))
        (source "Blümlein 1918: 101-102.")
        (id "567")
        (version "1.3.12")
        (classification "board/space/line")
        (credit "Eric Piette")
        (origin "This game was played in Rome?, from around 250 to 550.")
        }
    )
    
    (ai 
        "Round Merels_ai"
    )
    
)