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The rules mention men and kings. A king is a promoted man. If the difference doesn't matter, they may also mention pieces, for instance 'the number of pieces on the board'.
 | The diagram shows the initial position. The reason for this choice is a natural tendency of draughts games that allow straight forward movement (Turkish, Armenian, Hexdame), to build up forces along the sides. This initial position creates a certain balance between the center and the sides and demands an economical use of material.
Object
The object is to leave your opponent without a valid move, either by capturing all his pieces, or by blocking them completely. Draws may occur by mutual impotence or three-fold repetition of moves. |
 | Movement
Men, whether single or linear, move forward only. A king moves rookwise, as indicated.
Linear movement
Linear movement is defined as the move of a straight unbroken line of men of the same color, one cell along the line of cells they occupy, provided the cell in front is vacant. It includes the move of a single man, which may be considered as a line-of-one. Kings are never part of a line of men, so linear movement does not apply to them.
Linear movement also fuels Hexbushka. |
 |  | In Hexdameo one can open with any man. On the left are the straight forward opening moves white has at his disposal, on the right the opening moves to the right. For each of these there's a symmetric one. |
Capture
Capture takes precedence over a non-capturing move. Only if the player to move has no capture to make,
may he move a single man, or a line of men, or a king.
- All captures are along lines only. Men may capture forwards, backwards and sideways by the short leap. Kings capture along lines, by the long leap.
- Capturing, whether by men or kings, is compulsory.
If a piece makes a capture and is now in a position to make another one, it must do so. Thus multiple captures may be made in the same turn. When a multiple capture is being made, the captured pieces are only removed at the end of the turn, and it is not allowed to jump over the same piece twice in that turn, although vacant squares may be passed over more than once.
- Majority capture takes precedence: if a player has a choice of captures, he must choose the one that results in the largest number of pieces being captured (kings and men counting equally). When a king has more than one option in terms of captures and destination cells, it must choose its route so that it maximizes the capturing sequence. If there is more than one way to do this, it is free to choose.
- If a man ends its move on the opponent's back row, it is promoted to king. A man passing the back row in a capture, but not ending on it, does not promote.
Coup Turc
| APPLET | Since a capturing sequence must be completed before the pieces are taken off the board, and since a man may not be jumped twice, Hexdameo allows for the 'Coup Turc'. Here's a bare bones example: |
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