Lines of Action

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Lines Of Action is a board game invented by Claude Soucie.

8 black black black black black black
7 white white
6 white white
5 white white
4 white white
3 white white
2 white white
1 black black black black black black
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  • Players alternate moves, with black having the first move.
  • Checkers move horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
  • A checker moves exactly as many spaces as there are checkers (both friendly and enemy) on the line in which it is moving.
  • A checker may jump over friendly checkers, but not over an enemy checker.
  • A checker may land on a square occupied by an enemy checker, resulting in the latter's capture and removal from the game.
  • The object of the game is to bring all of one's checkers together into a contiguous body.

    Draw

    Simultaneous connection and 3-fold repetition is considered as draw.

    Links

    Wikipedia
    Lines of Action home page
    Discussion of Lines of Action and variants on Yahoo
    Review on Ideal game library
    BoardGameGeek