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Dama (Italy) (Italian Draughts, Le Donne, Dame)
Ruleset: Dama (Italy)

Game

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Period(s)

Modern

Summary

Rules for Italian Dama.

Description

These are the rules for Dama as played in Italy.

Rules

8x8 Draughts board. Twelve pieces per player, arranged on the three rows closest to the players. Players alternate turns moving a piece forward diagonally to an adjacent empty space. Pieces capture an opponent's piece by hopping over it to an empty space on the opposite side of it, in a forward direction only. Captures are mandatory, and the maximum number of captures is required. Kings are made when a piece reaches the opposite edge of the board from where it started. Kings may move one space diagonally in either direction, and capture rules are the same as for pieces, except when different capturing routes are available with the same number of captures, the one which takes the most kings must be taken. In addition, if a sequence of captures can be made by a king or a regular piece, it must be made with the king. Kings cannot be captured by regular pieces. When a piece does not capture the maximum number of captures and the opponent catches it, the opponent captures the opponent's piece. The first player to capture all of the opponent's pieces wins.

Concepts

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Reference

van der Stoep 1984: 85.

Other Rulesets

Origin

Italy

Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.880

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