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Caturvimsatikosthakatmiki Krida
Ruleset: Kridakausalya

Game

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Period(s)

Modern

Summary

Caturvimsatikosthakatmiki Krida

Description

Rules for Caturvimsatikosthakatmiki Krida from the Kridakausalya by Harikrsna.

Rules

3x8 board. The second space from the left and from the right in the center row are marked with an X. Eight pieces per player, which begin in the row closest to the player. Players alternate turns moving a piece to an empty adjacent space in an orthogonal direction. On the first move of a piece, that piece may move two spaces in one direction. A player may capture an opponent's piece in the central row by hopping over it to an empty space on the opposite side of it. The player who reduces their opponent to fewer than four pieces wins.

Concepts

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Reference

Bock-Raming 1995: 122-123.

Other Rulesets

Origin

India

Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.1460

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