Diaballik Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Game Objective
• Setup
• Game Turn
• Anti-Play
• Game End

Game Objective

To be the first to pass your ball to one of your pieces located on the opponent's starting line of the board.

Setup

The players place their pieces on their starting lines and the ball in the middle piece (fig. 1).

Variant Setup (fig. 2): players place 2 of their pieces on the opponent's line as seen in the figure.

Game Turn

In his turn, a player can carry out up to 3 of the following actions in any order (he must execute at least one):

• First move: a player's piece (not the ball carrier) moves to an adjacent position (orthogonally).
• Second move: a player's piece (not the ball carrier) moves to an adjacent position (orthogonally).
• Pass: the ball carrier passes the ball in a straight line orthogonally or diagonally to another of the player's pieces. There is no distance limit and the passing line must be free of opponent's pieces.

Notes: 1) The ball carrier can not move! 2) The same piece can be moved twice.

Anti-Play

This rule prevents a player from creating a continuous blocking line (see fig. 3). In that case the opponent can announce "Anti-Play" and win the game. To do so at least 3 of his pieces must touch the blocking line (face to face).

Game End

The game ends when a player brings his ball on the starting line of the opponent. A player can lose the game if he creates an Anti-play situation.