Blockade
Blockade Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The Object
To move one of your pawns onto either of your opponent's home spaces.
To Start
Each player gets 9 green walls, 9 blue walls and 2 matching pawns. Place the pawns on their home spaces.
- Yellow pawns on yellow spots.
- Red pawns on red spots.
- The home space matches the color of the pawns.
- Use the enclosed self-adhesive dots to mark the home spots.
The Play
On your turn move one (1) of your pawns either 2 spaces forward, backwards or sideways, or diagonally 1 space as shown below, if there are no walls blocking the path.
Legal Moves
The movement of a piece can take it onto any of the shaded positions, provided there are no walls blocking its path. (Diagram: on a 5x5 grid, a pawn in the centre may move 2 spaces forward, backward or sideways, or 1 space diagonally.)
After you move your pawn, place one of your walls in any open groove in the board.
- Blue walls can only be placed horizontally across the board.
- Green walls can only be placed vertically up and down the board.
Rules
- On your turn you must move one of your pawns and place one of your walls (if you still have walls).
- If you run out of walls just move a pawn.
- Walls must be placed so that they only block two spaces. (Diagram: a wall lying across the boundary of three spaces is NO; a wall covering only two spaces is YES.)
- Two pawns may not occupy the same space.
- A pawn may move just one space if it is blocked by another pawn.
- A pawn may jump one space over another pawn in its way.
- THERE MUST ALWAYS BE AT LEAST ONE OPEN PATH TO ALL HOME SPACES NO MATTER HOW DEVIOUS.
- A home space may never be totally surrounded by walls.
- You may not protect a home space by leaving a pawn on it. The winner is allowed to remove an opponent's pawn from a home space it is about to occupy.
The Winner
The winner is the first player to move a pawn onto either of the opponent's home spaces.
YOUR LAST MOVE MAY BE 1 OR 2 SPACES.