Game Rules:
The game "English Draughts" is played by two players on a 8x8 rectangle board with square tiling.
Regions:
RegionP1: the bottom sites of the board for P1
RegionP2: the top sites of the board for P2
All players play with Counters and DoubleCounters.
Players take turns moving.
Setup:
Place a Counter for player one at board [0,2,4,6,9,11,13,15,16,18,20,22].
Place a Counter for player two at board [41,43,45,47,48,50,52,54,57,59,61,63].
Rules:
If in the same turn, if Piece at the to location of the last move is equal to Counter of the moving player, hop forward-right or forward-left then if the to location of the last move is in RegionP1: the bottom sites of the board for P1 or RegionP2: the top sites of the board for P2, a piece of the moving player the to location of the last move, this piece can promote into DoubleCounter, else if can move hop forward-right or forward-left, move again, else hop diagonal then if can move hop diagonal, move again, else moves with priority: move one of your pieces or move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces or move one of your pieces.
Aim:
If the next player cannot move, the moving player wins.
Game Heuristics:
All Players:
material
Sum of owned pieces.
You should try to maximise the number of piece(s) you control (very high importance)
Board Setup:
Game Endings:
Game won by Player 2.
The next player cannot move
Game won by Player 1.
The next player cannot move
Moves:
Player: 1
Piece: Counter
Move: Hop forward-right or forward-left then if the to location of the last move is in RegionP1: the bottom sites of the board for P1 or RegionP2: the top sites of the board for P2, a piece of the moving player the to location of the last move, this piece can promote into DoubleCounter, else if can move hop forward-right or forward-left, move again
Move: Move one of your pieces or move one of your pieces
Piece: DoubleCounter
Move: Hop diagonal then if can move hop diagonal, move again
Move: Move one of your pieces or move one of your pieces
Player: 2
Piece: Counter
Move: Hop forward-right or forward-left then if the to location of the last move is in RegionP1: the bottom sites of the board for P1 or RegionP2: the top sites of the board for P2, a piece of the moving player the to location of the last move, this piece can promote into DoubleCounter, else if can move hop forward-right or forward-left, move again
Move: Move one of your pieces or move one of your pieces
Piece: DoubleCounter
Move: Hop diagonal then if can move hop diagonal, move again
Move: Move one of your pieces or move one of your pieces