HODGE PODGE 

Copyright (c) 2003 Chris Huntoon

Hodge Podge is played on a 9x9 square board with the following setup:

 

TURN - On each turn, each player must move one piece: Soldiers and Kings slide an orthogonal line of empty cells. A piece may jump over an orthogonal adjacent piece (of either color) landing on the immediate empty cell. This is not a capture. A stone may capture stones by custodian capture, i.e.,  sandwiching the opponent's pieces between itself and a friend over an orthogonal line.  A capture along an edge may wrap around the corner. GOAL - Wins the player that satisfies one of the following conditions: Capture the opponent King Move your King into the last row. Make a 5 in-a-row including your King and not using piece over the first two rows. Reduce the opponent's army to less than 4 soldiers.

 

An example Black moved a soldier to f5 thus winning. Green cannot stop the King move to [1] which will make a 5 in-a-row with d7 or i2. Green can delay by jumping f4-f6 but then it would be captured with e7-f7.

There is a ZRF to play Hodge Podge with Zillions.