Tablut

On Thursday we played a game called Tablut.  The aim of this game( for the white pieces) is to get their king to the corner or edge squares (depending on rules although corners is the more accepted rule.) and the aim of the black pieces is to capture and wipe out all the white pieces and prevent the king from entering the corner squares. each piece moves any amount of spaces (as long it is not occupied or special squares) either left ,right,up or down. The board is set up as so 8 white pieces and king placed in the center with the king on the throne square and 16 black pieces placed along the outside in groups of 4 this game can be played with any amount  as long as there is twice the amount of black to white pieces. e.g 12 white 24 black


Capturing 
Capturing is when a piece is trapped between the two pieces(vertical or horizontal)  of the opposite color example two black pieces on either side of white piece counts as capture however if a piece intentionally move between two opposite colors it does not count as a capture. The king piece can only be captured if it is completely surrounded by the enemy pieces also edges are also useful for capturing the king as they act as boundaries.


Special squares
Konakis or throne square is the starting square for the king once the king has moved he can't return to that square any other piece can pass through but not land on this square.
corner squares are inaccessible to every piece except the king.
also the center squares can only be landed on twice by the white piece  before the white has to move away from it