Cross the Barrier

Based on the idea of the classical board game Malefiz

Preparation

Each player starts with 3 to 5 caps (configurable).

Aim of the game

Winner is the player who reaches the goal with any of his caps as the first one. The goal field has to be reached exactly, it is not possible to pass by at these field.

Gameplay

The players throw the dice one after each other and move any of their own caps according to the value of the dice. The caps can be moved forward as well as backward, but not during a single move.

- If there is a cap of an opponent player on the reached field, the cap will be caught.

- If there is a barrier on the reached field, the barrier has to be placed on another field.

- It is not possible to place a barrier at the first row.

Barriers in the middle of the way will block the cap of the player in the according direction. It is also not possible that two or more caps are placed on the same field. If it is not possible to do any move with the current value of the dice, the next player will do his move.

This game was developed by using the tjger framework (http://www.tjger.com).