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Ancient Merels
Ruleset: Ancient Merels (Ludii 1)

Game

See the game Ancient Merels for more details.

Period(s)

Ancient

Summary

Reconstructed with Ludii

Rules

The game Ancient Merels is played by two players on a square board with concentric tiling.
All players play with Markers.
Rules for Pieces:
Markers step adjacent then if a player places 3 of their pieces in an orthogonal direction line, move again.
Players take turns moving.
Rules:
If in the same turn, if can move remove pieces at not a player places 3 of their pieces in an orthogonal direction line sites occupied by any component owned by Enemy in Board, remove pieces at not a player places 3 of their pieces in an orthogonal direction line sites occupied by any component owned by Enemy in Board, else remove pieces at sites occupied by any component owned by Enemy in Board, else from vertex in Player the moving player's hand site 0 to vertex in the set of empty vertexs moveRule: true then if a player places 3 of their pieces in an orthogonal direction line, move again if in the same turn, if can move remove pieces at not a player places 3 of their pieces in an orthogonal direction line sites occupied by any component owned by Enemy in Board, remove pieces at not a player places 3 of their pieces in an orthogonal direction line sites occupied by any component owned by Enemy in Board, else remove pieces at sites occupied by any component owned by Enemy in Board, else if the number of pieces owned by Player the moving player is greater than 3, move one of your pieces, else from vertex in sites occupied by any component owned by Mover to vertex in the set of empty vertexs moveRule: true.
Aim:
If the number of pieces owned by Player the next player is less than or equal to 2, the next player loses.

Reconstruction Details

Combined Score: 0.722
Cultural Score: 0.583
Conceptual Score: 0.861

Geographical Score: 0.702 (~5960km)

Based on:
1. Tsoro Yemutwelve / Tsoro Yemutwelve 2. Tsoro Yemutwelve / Tsoro Yemutwelve

Can also be based on:
1) 1. Nine Men's Morris / Nine Men's Morris 2. Tsoro Yemutwelve / Tsoro Yemutwelve
2) 1. La Chascona / La Chascona 2. Tsoro Yemutwelve / Tsoro Yemutwelve

Concepts

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Other Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Ancient Merels (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Ancient Merels (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Ancient Merels (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Ancient Merels (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Ancient Merels (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Ancient Merels (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Ancient Merels (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Ancient Merels (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Ancient Merels (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.3024

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