Khitan
Khitan Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Aim of the Game
Eliminate all your opponent's pieces.
Equipment
Game board, divided into hexagonal spaces.
32 hexagonal pieces: 16 for each side. The pieces are printed identically on both their faces.
Principle
The pieces are arranged on the game board. A piece moves by turning over onto one of its 6 adjacent spaces by pivoting on its axis. The aim is to target and eliminate an opposing piece by lining up a single colour on the same axis, as shown in Diagram no. 1.
You can capture a piece at any distance by targeting it with the side with the identical colour.
By targeting several colours a single piece can capture several pieces in one move! You can do this in 2 ways:
- Several sides of your piece target adverse colours (Diagram no. 2).
- A side of your piece targets several adverse pieces in line with the same colour (Diagram no. 3).
It is not possible to capture a piece by passing over another piece in the way. It is necessary for both pieces to be facing each other directly, whatever the number of spaces between them. But moving one piece can enable another piece – lying in wait till then – to attack an opposing piece (Diagram no. 4).
Beginning the Game
The pieces are arranged as shown in Diagram no. 5: green on the left and yellow on the right for one side, and the inverse for the other side.
Note: you can choose different colours, what is important is to respect the symmetry. Two identical colours cannot face each other.
10 pieces are installed for each player.
Turn
At his turn to play each player moves one piece of his choice by turning it over onto one of the 6 adjacent spaces - while of course trying to capture one or more of the opposing pieces!
How the Game Is Played
Khitan has 3 variants.
1. Classic Version
The targeted pieces are definitively eliminated.
You win when you have captured all your opponent's pieces.
2. Expert Version
At the start of the game you have a reserve of 3 pieces in addition to the 10 on the board.
When you capture one of your opponent's pieces:
- He puts it in his reserve.
- You take a piece from your reserve and put it on the board in orienting it as you wish in your half (dividing line drawn on the board).
If you capture several pieces in one move you place the same number of pieces from your reserve on the board.
Note: if a piece is placed directly on the board with one or more colours facing one or more adverse colours there is no direct capture. A piece can only be captured as a result of a move.
Note: on a succeeding move a player can replace one of his lost pieces, provided he succeeds in targeting an opposing piece.
Once a player has exhausted his reserve he can no longer replace his lost pieces. From then on each piece hit leaves the game definitively (as in the Classic version).
Master Version
At the beginning of the game you have a reserve of 6 pieces in addition to the 10 on the board.
The game is played as in the Expert version, but the use of the reserve is continuous.