Game

See the game Two-Player Chaturanga (al-Biruni) for more details.

Summary

Reconstructed with Ludii

Rules

The game Two-Player Chaturanga (al-Biruni) 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 KingnoCrosses, Rooks, Elephants, Knights, Pawns and Queens.
Rules for Pieces:
Elephants hop orthogonal.
KingnoCrosses 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.
Queens 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 Elephant for player one on sites: A1 and H1.
Place a Rook for player one on sites: B1 and G1.
Place a Knight for player one on sites: C1 and F1.
Place a Queen for player one on site D1.
Place a KingnoCross for player one on site E1.
Place a Elephant for player two on sites: A8 and H8.
Place a Rook for player two on sites: B8 and G8.
Place a Knight for player two on sites: C8 and F8.
Place a Queen for player two on site E8.
Place a KingnoCross for player two on site D8..
Rules:
Move one of your pieces.
Aim:
If KingnoCross of the next player is threatened and not can move move one of your pieces, the moving player wins If the number of pieces owned by Player the next player is equal to 1, the moving player loses.

Reconstruction Details

Combined Score: 1
Cultural Score: 1
Conceptual Score: 0.5

Geographical Score: 1 (~0km)

Based on:
1. Chaturanga (al-Adli) / Al-Adli 2. Chaturanga (al-Adli) / Al-Adli

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Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.4076

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