Standard rules

Setup

Use an 8x8 board, played only on the dark squares. Each player has 12 pieces on the dark squares of the three rows nearest them.

Goal

Capture all of your opponent's pieces, or leave them with no legal move.

Turns

The darker colour moves first. Players alternate.

Movement

• Ordinary pieces move one square diagonally forward onto an empty square.
• A piece reaching the far row becomes a king (stack a second piece on it). Kings move one square diagonally in any direction.

Capturing

• Jump diagonally over an adjacent enemy piece onto the empty square directly beyond it. The jumped piece is removed.
• If a jump lands where another jump is possible, keep jumping in the same turn.
• Capturing is mandatory. If you can jump, you must.

Ending the game

You win when your opponent has no pieces left, or cannot move.