Quoridor

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Quoridor is a 2–4-player abstract strategy game designed by Mirko Marchesi and published by both Gigamic Games and Great American Trading Company.

Diagram 1: This is the starting position in a 4 player game.
Green and Orange are not used in a 2 player game.

Diagram 2: The wall positioned at 'A' is legal. The wall positioned at 'B' is illegal.

[edit] Rules of the game

Object

Be the first to player to move a pawn to the opposite side of the gameboard.

Equipment

• 1 9×9 gameboard with 81 squares
• 4 pawns (different colors)
• 20 walls (the length of a wall is 2 squares)

Setup

• The game starts with the pawns on the gameboard. (See Diagram 1)
• The game starts with no walls on the gameboard.
  • In a 2-player game each player starts with 10 walls.
  • In a 4-player game each player starts with 5 walls.

Gameplay

• On a turn a player may choose one of the following options:
  • Move the pawn.
  • Position a wall on the gameboard.

Movement

• A pawn moves orthogonally one square.
  • If a pawn is adjacent to another pawn it can jump over the adjacent pawn.
    • If there is a wall or a second pawn behind the adjacent jumped pawn the jumping pawn can move to any square adjacent to the jumped pawn.
    • The official rules are ambiguous concerning the edge of the board.
• A pawn cannot move through a wall.
• A wall cannot be moved.

Positioning a wall

• Walls are positioned on the intersections of the gameboard.
• Walls must be positioned so that it impedes movement from 4 squares. (See Diagram 2)
• Walls must be positioned so that the entire wall is on the gameboard.
• Walls cannot be positioned so that it makes it impossible for any of the pawns to reach the opposite side.
• Walls cannot be positioned on an existing wall.

End of the game

The first player to reach the opposite side of the gameboard is the winner.

[edit] Miscellaneous

The original version of this game was published by Epta and is called Pinko Pallino. Pinko Pallino was only for 2 players and was played on an 11×11 gameboard with a total of 42 walls.