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[pbmserv] New game - Batalo
Hi,
Batalo has been added to the server. I'd apologise to eholzman for
retrospectively adding another 'B' game if he wasn't the one who requested
it :)
A description of Batalo can be found here:
http://www.digitalharmonics.org/harmonygames/html/gameboard.html
Cameron
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Help For the Game Of Batalo
Introduction
Welcome to the network Batalo server. The Batalo challenge command is
described here. Other commands are the same as for all pbmserv games.
batalo challenge userid1 userid2
Starts a new game between userid1 and userid2.
Rules
Batalo is a game of war a bit like Checkers, except that the aim is to
occupy your opponent's goal (marked '*'). Each player starts with six
stones in a ring and one column (enclosed by brackets) which occupies
the player's home base:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
/ / / / / / / 8
/ 9
a- . . . . . . . / 10
b- . . . . . . . . / 11
c- . . . . . . . . . / 12
d- . . . . . . . . . . / 13
e- . . . . . . . . . . . /
f- . . o o . . . . x x . .
g- . . o(o)o . . . x(x)x . .
h- . . o o . . . . x x . .
i- . . . . . . . . . . .
j- . . . . . . . . . .
k- . . . . . . . . . O->
l- . . . . . . . .
m- . . . . . . . <-X
Players alternate taking turns. Each turn the current player must move
one of their pieces. The piece cannot return to the point from which
it started the move.
A stone can move to an adjacent empty point or hop over an adjacent
friendly piece. The stone can make a series of two or more consecutive
hops, similar to Checkers. The stone cannot land on its friendly base,
but may hop over it.
The column can move any distance in an unobstructed line, or make
adjacent friendly piece hops as per a stone. The column can move back
onto the friendly base at any time. If the column lands on an enemy
piece, then that piece is captured by replacement; however, a column
on its home base cannot be captured.
A player wins by moving any of their pieces onto the enemy base. A
player also wins if all of the opponent's pieces are eliminated.
Syntax
O moves first. The move syntax is:
batalo move board# userid password from-to
where "from" and "to" are the board points that the piece moves from
and to (eg g4-g6). There is no need to specify the intermediate
landing points in a series of hops.
References and History
Batalo was invented by Scott Harmon (c) 1993.
The official rules can be found here:
http://www.digitalharmonics.org/harmonygames/html/gameboard.html
Implementation and help file by Cameron Browne, August 2004.