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Samantsy
Ruleset: Historical Information

Game

See the game Samantsy for more details.

Period(s)

Modern

Summary

Rules from the DLP evidence.

Description

Rules known for Samantsy from the DLP evidence.

Rules

8x8 board. Pieces with the following movement, for each player: Hova (x1): moves one space orthogonally or diagonally, is not taken by other pieces and does not take other pieces; Anakova (x1): moves one space diagonally; Farasy (x2): moves one space orthogonally and one space diagonally, jumping over any intervening pieces; Basy (x2): moves diagonally to the second space, but does not jump over the first; Vorona (2): moves orthogonally any number of spaces; Zaza (x8): move one space forward orthogonally, captures one space forward diagonally to capture. When a Zaza reaches the opposite edge of the board, they are promoted to Anakova. The pieces are set up on the last row of the player's side of the board, from left to right, as follows: Vorona, Farasy, Basy, Hova, Anakova, Basy, Farasy, Vorona, except the Hova and Anakova are swapped for the opponent. The Zaza are placed in the row in front of these pieces. Replacement capture.

Concepts

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Reference

DLP evidence.

Other Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Samantsy (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Origin

Madagascar

Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.1328

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