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Gwyddbwyll
Ruleset: Gwyddbwyll (Ludii 8)

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 Kings, Rooks, Bishops, Knights, Queens and Pawns.
Rules for Pieces:
Bishops hop diagonal.
Kings if there is an enemy Player at to, for each level at Cell to (FromTop) remove pieces at to then step adjacent.
Knights leap a piece to not is a friend.
Pawns step forward or for each level at Cell to (FromTop) remove pieces at to then step forward-right or forward-left if the to location of the last move is in Promotion or Promotion, a piece of a player the to location of the last move, this piece can promote into .
Queens if there is an enemy Player at to, for each level at Cell to (FromTop) remove pieces at to then step diagonal.
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 Bishop for player one on sites: C1 and F1.
Place a Queen for player one on site D1.
Place a King 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 Bishop for player two on sites: C8 and F8.
Place a Queen for player two on site D8.
Place a King for player two on site E8..
Rules:
Move one of your pieces.
Aim:
If King of the next player is threatened and not can move move one of your pieces, the moving player wins.

Reconstruction Details

Combined Score: 0.914
Cultural Score: 0.898
Conceptual Score: 0.458

Geographical Score: 0.93 (~1400km)

Based on:
1. Short Assize / Short Assize 2. Acedrex (Alfonso) / Acedrex

Concepts

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Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.4043

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