Guard
Both players has 10 Guards at the start of the game. Guards can move and capture one square forward vertically or forward dia…
Cannon
The Cannon moves and captures like the Cannon in Chinese chess (Xiangqi). It moves like the Rook in chess, without being able…
Knight
The Knight moves and captures like the Knight in chess. It can jump over all pieces, also over arrows and dropped bombs. It c…
King’s Knight
The King’s Knight can move and captures like a Knight or the King in classical chess. It can jump over all pieces, also…
Elephant
The Elephant moves and captures one or two squares horizontally, vertically or diagonally. It can jump over other pieces, als…
Chancellor
The Chancellor moves and captures like the Knight or Rook in chess. As a Knight it can jump over all pieces, including arrows…
Marshal
The Marshal moves and captures like the Knight or Bishop in chess. As a Knight it can jump over all pieces, including arrows …
Gold Runner
Each player has two Gold Runners. It moves and captures diagonally like the Bishop in chess, but with the added ability to ch…
Queen
The Queen moves and captures as in chess and places supplementary stones in the same way. The Queen is blocked by all supplem…
Spy
The Spy captures other pieces exclusively by jumping over them (principle as with Halma). It can capture up to two pieces per…
Arrow
Both players have 10 arrows at the start of the game. Each piece is capable of placing the arrow on a free square within its …
Red Border Arrow
Both players have a red border arrow at the beginning of the game. The red border arrow has the same characteristics as the n…
Block
Both players have 10 blocks at the start of the game. Each piece is capable of placing the block on a free square within its …
Red Border Block
Both players have a red border block at the start of the game. This block has the same characteristics as the normal block, e…
Bomb
Both players have 3 Bombs at the start of the game. Each piece is capable of placing the bomb within its possibilities. Whoev…
Guard
Both players has 10 Guards at the start of the game. Guards can move and capture one square forward vertically or forward diagonally. They can also move one square horizontally, but without being able to capture.
Guards can jump over their own Guards as often as they like in all directions per move (this also allows them to move backwards).
They can also jump over an opponent’s Guard, which is always captured (only possible forward vertically and forward diagonally as with normal capturing).
From their starting row they can also move two squares forward (vertically and diagonally), but without being able to capture.
Guards are blocked by all supplementary stones.
A Guards can place supplementary stones to the spaces it could possibly move to, but at most over one of their own Guards (in all directions).
Forward vertically and forward diagonally, supplementary stones can also be placed over an enemy Guard.
The red square in the diagram means that this piece is the starting point when the options are displayed.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Black x= move option, without being able to capture on this square
Options for supplementary stones
Purple point=Option for supplementary stone
Purple bordered supplementary stone could be blown up with a bomb
Cannon
The Cannon moves and captures like the Cannon in Chinese chess (Xiangqi). It moves like the Rook in chess, without being able to capture like that. It is prevented from moving by all pieces and supplementary stones. When capturing (also horizontally and vertically) it can skip all pieces and supplementary stones (also blocks). In front of the piece to be captured there must always be exactly one piece (own or opponent’s) or one supplementary stone.
The Cannon places supplementary stones, as the move options as a Rook allow. However, it can also place an supplementary stone at any position behind a piece or an supplementary stone, i.e. on the second position.
The red squares mean that the respective piece can be captured on this square.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Black x= move option, without being able to capture on this square
Options for supplementary stones
Purple point=Option for supplementary stone
Purple bordered supplementary stone could be blown up with a bomb
Knight
The Knight moves and captures like the Knight in chess. It can jump over all pieces, also over arrows and dropped bombs.
It can jump past blocks (two squares horizontally and then one square vertically or vice versa) if possible.
The Knight places supplementary stones within his range of movement. The Knight (as the only piece) can remove supplementary stones (arrows and blocks) from the board and thus from the game in the same way as supplementary stones are placed. Bombs that have been dropped cannot be removed.
From the current position, the block and the arrow could be removed from the Knight (see diagram)
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
King’s Knight
The King’s Knight can move and captures like a Knight or the King in classical chess. It can jump over all pieces, also over arrows and dropped bombs. It can move to a square that is occupied by an arrow. The arrow is destroyed and removed from the game.
If possible, the King´s Knight can jump past blocks (two squares horizontally and then one squares vertically or vice versa).
The King’s Knight places supplementary stones within his range of movement.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Elephant
The Elephant moves and captures one or two squares horizontally, vertically or diagonally. It can jump over other pieces, also over arrows and dropped bombs. The Elephant is prevented from moving by blocks. However, if an adjacent square next to the block is free, the Elephant can move past the block by taking an evasive step (see diagram). It can move to a square that is occupied by an arrow. The arrow is destroyed and removed from the game.
The Elephant places supplementary stones within the limits of its range of movement.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Chancellor
The Chancellor moves and captures like the Knight or Rook in chess. As a Knight it can jump over all pieces, including arrows and dropped bombs. If it moves like a Rook, the Chancellor is blocked by all pieces and supplementary stones.
It can jump past blocks (two squares horizontally and then one square vertically or vice versa) if possible.
The Chancellor is the only piece that can place two supplementary pieces per move within its possibilities.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Marshal
The Marshal moves and captures like the Knight or Bishop in chess. As a Knight it can jump over all pieces, including arrows and dropped bombs. If possible, it can jump past blocks (two squares horizontally and then one squares vertically or vice versa).
If the Marshal moves like a Bishop, it is blocked by all pieces and supplementary stones.
The Marshal places supplementary stones within his range of movement.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Gold Runner
Each player has two Gold Runners. It moves and captures diagonally like the Bishop in chess, but with the added ability to change colour: the Gold Runner can enter directly adjacent squares of a different colour without being able to capture. The Gold Runner is blocked by all supplementary stones.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Black x= move option, without being able to capture on this square
Queen
The Queen moves and captures as in chess and places supplementary stones in the same way. The Queen is blocked by all supplementary stones.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Spy
The Spy captures other pieces exclusively by jumping over them (principle as with Halma). It can capture up to two pieces per move.
The Spy can move one square in any direction (like the King in chess- King move! ). It is not possible to capture this way.
In addition, the Spy can jump over his own and enemy pieces, supplementary stones (arrows and dropped bombs) for movement without limits during a move.
When capturing, however, the Spy may previously have only jumped over it´s own pieces or only over supplementary stones. It is also possible to jump right over the opponent.
If the first skipped opponent piece is not captured, a later capture in the same turn is not possible. The Spy is blocked by blocks.
The Spy is the only piece that can be captured by the arrow. The arrow is placed on the square by the Spy.
The Spy himself cannot capture the enemy Spy with the arrow.
After capturing, the Spy can make up to two more jumps to get out of the risk zone. It can also make a King move or choose the combination of a jump and a King move.
In this way the Spy also places supplementary stones.
One or two jumps far. Like a King or the combination of a jump and a King move (or vice versa).
In the opponent’s end zone, the arrow cannot capture the Spy, because the defender is not allowed to place supplementary stones there.
The two Guards on the red squares, on the diagram, can be captured.
Options for a move
Black point= move option, with possibility to capture
Black x= move option, without being able to capture on this square
Options for supplementary stones
Purple point=Option for supplementary stone
Purple bordered supplementary stone could be blown up with a bomb
Arrow
Both players have 10 arrows at the start of the game. Each piece is capable of placing the arrow on a free square within its possibilities. The square is then occupied.
Only the Elephant and the King’s Knight can land on squares where an arrow has been placed. The arrow is destroyed and removed from the game. Jumping pieces can skip the arrow, all others are blocked by it.
Red Border Arrow
Both players have a red border arrow at the beginning of the game.
The red border arrow has the same characteristics as the normal arrow, with the difference that it can be collected by moving a piece to the square the red border arrow is placed in.
It is then placed back in the supply with the other supplementary stones.
The opponent can also collect a discarded red border arrow.
It can be blown up by a bomb and removed from the game.
King’s Knights and Elephants collect it like other pieces.
The red border arrow can also capture the Spy.
Block
Both players have 10 blocks at the start of the game.
Each piece is capable of placing the block on a free square within its possibilities. The square is then occupied.
No piece can move over a block. The only exception is the Cannon, which can capture over a block.
Elephants have the special ability to move past a block by taking an evasive step if the conditions for this are fulfilled (see description Elephant).
Red Border Block
Both players have a red border block at the start of the game. This block has the same characteristics as the normal block, except that it can be recollected by moving a piece to the square the red border block was placed in. It is then placed back in the supply with the other supplementary stones. The opponent can also collect a discarded red border block.
It can also be blown up by a bomb.
Bomb
Both players have 3 Bombs at the start of the game. Each piece is capable of placing the bomb within its possibilities. Whoever places a bomb on the opponent’s end field wins the game. Bombs can blow up arrows and blocks by placing them on their squares. The blasted arrow or block is then removed from the game together with the bomb used.
A new supplementary stone cannot occupy the now empty square in the opponent’s next turn after the explosion. However, a piece may move onto the square on the next move. Bombs may be used in your own end zone to blow up arrows or blocks placed there by the opponent.
Bombs can also be placed on free squares. They then have characteristics like an arrow, which means that jumping pieces can jump over it while the other pieces are blocked by it. A dropped bomb cannot be removed.
Players: 2
Age: 12-120 years
Playing time: 30-180 minutes
ATTENTION: Not suitable for children under 3 years of age, as small parts can be swallowed. Risk of suffocation.