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Name<\/td>R\u00c6j: The Game of Strategy<\/td><\/tr>
Players<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
Type<\/td>Strategy<\/td><\/tr>
Style<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
Complexity<\/td>Average<\/td><\/tr>
RNG to Strategy Ratio<\/td>0%\/100%<\/td><\/tr>
Rating<\/td>\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50<\/td><\/tr>
Rules<\/td>FMidnight<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Links<\/td>Board Game Geek<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A bizarre and unlikely combination of checkers, Chinese checkers, backgammon, and chess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: production quality of this game is surprisingly high. The “checkers” feel to be made of high-quality material, and feel cool and smooth to the touch, reminiscent of ‘Go’ stones, but much larger (and flat). They have star outline, star-filled, and star-filled in a circle designed etched into them: 1 set blue etchings, 1 set red etchings. The board is standard hard cardboard. The board art is gray background with white lines, with blue and red stars, triangles, and square delineated colored zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each player starts with 1 ‘pawn’ (checker) and 1 “King’ (checker with a star in a circle design} on their designated opposed short-sides of the 9 x 10 square board. Two dice (each numbered only 1-3) are rolled to determine movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Pawns” (checkers) move forward or sideways and can only jump other “pawns”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Knights’ (checkers with a star design) are created by jumping a “pawn” with its own “King”, They can jump “pawns” or “knights”, and may not be jumped by “pawns”. When a “pawn” is knighted, the checker is flipped over to it’s star-design side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Kings” (checker with a star in a circle design) move forward, backward, or sideways. They can jump any piece, but must stay out of the opponent’s “holding zone” (a 3 x 3 square area in the middle of the opponent’s side).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A piece may enter the board on a player’s holding zone when a 2 is rolled on a die, and is moved the number on the other die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A piece may leave the board when it is in a “destination square” (located on the last rank of the opponents side of the board) on any roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captures are only made by a King. When a king jumps an opposing piece, that piece is placed back in the opponent’s ‘holding zone’ (effectively starting over it’s journey).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a scoring system in place for end-of game (Pawns with 1, Knights 2, Kings 4), and the doubling-cube is used to issue challenges during play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rule-sheet has a small section on strategies, and “Championship tournament” guidelines. Very ambitious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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