Laying out pieces: The first to fill both players' pieces
Each side has twelve pieces, which are placed alternately on the empty spaces at the 24 intersection points of the board. If a three-line piece on the board is filled with three pieces of the same color, you can choose one of the opponent's pieces to capture. At this point, the captured piece turns gray and temporarily remains in its original position, so you cannot immediately place a new piece at the gray spot.
When placing pieces, you need to look at two questions at once: can the new piece make up your three-piece connection; Can the opponent take the empty space you need in the next move? Although gray pieces can no longer move, it temporarily affects the available placement points.
Move phase: Gray pieces leave the field, then move along the line
Only after both sides have placed all twelve pieces will the gray pieces leave the board, and the exposed points become empty points. Then, each turn, select one of your pieces and walk along the line drawn on the board to the adjacent empty point. You cannot jump at different points or move directly between two points without a line.
If the move recreates three pieces in the same line, you can capture one of your opponent's pieces; This time, the captured piece is immediately thrown into prison and no longer occupies the origin point. You can break up your original three-line piece, then legally move back to the third line, which also counts as re-forming three; Each move can capture at most one piece.
Which opponent's pieces cannot be captured?
Usually, you capture pieces that are not in any formation line first. As long as your opponent still has such pieces, those already in formation are protected. Only when all remaining pieces are in formation lines can you select these protected pieces.
| The situation he saw | Let's make a judgment for this step first |
|---|---|
| Still on the cloth | Gray pieces occupy position, do not go down as a short point |
| Both sides have finished placing their pieces | Huizi left the field and began moving along the route |
| Just formed three sons in the same line | First, find the other person's son who is not in the third tier |
Why doesn't the first player necessarily make the first move?
This site allows you to choose the order of the move for the cloth pieces. The player who plays first enters the move phase after all the pieces are placed. Do not mistake "placing the first piece" as moving first in all phases. Whichever side has only two or fewer pieces left, or has no way to move when it's their turn, that side loses.