Today we played and discussed Tablut and other tafl games. Tablut is a game played on a 9x9 square board. The white pieces in the center of the board surround the white King and serve to protect the King and to try prevent the King from being taken by the attacking black pieces. The sixteen black pieces on the edges of the board, surround the white pieces.
The goal is for the King to escape to the edge of the board or a corner square, depending on the sourced rules. The black pieces try to capture the white King by surrounding him on all four sides or two sides, depending on the sourced rules.
Pieces move the same way as a rook in chess. any amount of spaces in an orthogonal direction. Pieces can not jump other pieces, they may cross the center square but can not land on it. The King can not return to the center square after he has moved. Pieces may be captured when they are trapped from two opposite sides by the opponents pieces. However pieces can move between opposing pieces without being captured. The King can take part in captures, to capture the King he must be surrounded from all four (or two) sides.
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