Surakarta (game)

Surakarta is a Javanese abstract strategy game, named for the city of Surakarta. It was featured in "The Book of Classic Board Games" by Klutz Press. The book listed 15 of some of the most famous classic board games in history such as Checkers, Go, Backgammon, and Mancala. In this book it was referred to as Roundabouts.

Pieces

Traditionally, the game is played stones vs. shells, though other easily-distinguished sets of pieces may be used (e.g. red and black in the illustration).

Game play

Players take turns moving one of their own pieces. In non-capturing moves, a pieces travels -either along a line or diagonally- to a neighboring intersection. In a capturing move, a piece travels along a line, "travelling over at least one loop", until it meets one of the opponent pieces. The captured piece is removed, and the capturing piece takes its place.

The first player to capture all of their opponent's pieces wins.

External links

* [http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/surakarta-rules.htm Surakarta rules] at Mastergames.com
* http://www.ludoteka.com/surakarta-en.html