MAUSOLEUM

MAUSOLEUM RULES

Goal

The objective of the game is to reduce the opponent’s stones to fewer than four by forming circles. The first player to achieve this wins the game.

Preparation

Each player selects nine stones of their chosen color.

Players place all nine stones on the two shortest rows on their respective sides of the board.

The starting player is determined randomly.

Gameplay

Glide

In their turn, a player may move one stone.

A stone must move in a straight line continuing in that direction until it reaches either:

• the edge of the board, or

• an occupied space (in which case it stops on the space immediately before it).

No two stones may occupy the same space.

Circle

A stone is considered fully encircled when it has no adjacent empty spaces.

A fully encircled stone is removed from the board if it is surrounded by a greater number of opponent stones than friendly stones.

If a an encircled stone has only one adjacent free field left, it is trapped and unable to move.

Fewer stones are required to complete an encirclement or a trap along the edge of the board.

If two encirclements are formed in a single turn, both are resolved simultaneously, after their effects have been calculated.

End

The game ends immediately when one player is reduced to fewer than four stones. Their opponent is declared the winner.

If both players have fewer than four stones at the end of the same turn, the game ends in a draw.