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Samantsy
Ruleset: Samantsy (Ludii 8)

Game

See the game Samantsy for more details.

Period(s)

Modern

Summary

Reconstructed with Ludii

Rules

The game Samantsy 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, Queens, Pawns, Knights, Rooks and Bishops.
Rules for Pieces:
Bishops slide from the location of the piece in the diagonal direction through empty.
Kings step adjacent.
Knights leap a piece to empty or there is an enemy Player at to and Piece at to is not equal to King of the next player.
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, a piece of a player the to location of the last move, this piece can promote into .
Queens slide from the location of the piece in the adjacent direction through [between] is in the set of empty cells.
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 the number of pieces owned by Player the moving player is equal to the number of pieces owned by Player All minus 2, the game ends and the player with the highest score wins.

Reconstruction Details

Combined Score: 0.828
Cultural Score: 0.709
Conceptual Score: 0.947

Geographical Score: 0.702 (~5960km)

Based on:
1. Four-Player Chaturanga (al-Biruni) / Al-Biruni

Concepts

Browse all concepts for Samantsy (Ludii 8) here.

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 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Samantsy (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.2905

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