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Gwyddbwyll
Ruleset: Gwyddbwyll (Ludii 5)

Game

See the game Gwyddbwyll for more details.

Summary

Reconstructed with Ludii

Rules

The game Gwyddbwyll is played by two players on a 8x8 rectangle board with square tiling.
Regions:
Promotion: the top sites of the board for P1
Promotion: the bottom sites of the board for P2
All players play with Pawns, Rooks, KingnoCrosses, BishopnoCrosses, Knights and FerznoCrosses.
Rules for Pieces:
BishopnoCrosses hop diagonal.
FerznoCrosses remove pieces at to then step diagonal.
KingnoCrosses if there is an enemy Player at to, remove pieces at to then step adjacent.
Knights leap a piece to not is a friend.
Pawns step forward or remove pieces at to then step forward-right or forward-left if the to location of the last move is in Promotion or Promotion, move again.
Rooks slide from the location of the piece in the orthogonal direction through [between] is in the set of empty cells.
Players take turns moving.
Setup:
Place a Pawn for player one at each cell of the 1 row.
Place a Pawn for player two at each cell of the 6 row.
Place a Rook for player one on sites: A1 and H1.
Place a Knight for player one on sites: B1 and G1.
Place a BishopnoCross for player one on sites: C1 and F1.
Place a FerznoCross for player one on site D1.
Place a KingnoCross for player one on site E1.
Place a Rook for player two on sites: A8 and H8.
Place a Knight for player two on sites: B8 and G8.
Place a BishopnoCross for player two on sites: C8 and F8.
Place a FerznoCross for player two on site D8.
Place a KingnoCross for player two on site E8..
Rules:
Moves with priority: move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces, move one of your pieces.
Aim:
If KingnoCross of the next player is threatened and not can move move one of your pieces or the next player cannot move, the moving player wins.

Reconstruction Details

Combined Score: 0.929
Cultural Score: 0.913
Conceptual Score: 0.473

Geographical Score: 0.945 (~1100km)

Based on:
1. Medieval Chess / Medieval Chess 2. Forcado / Forcado

Concepts

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Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.4040

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