LINE 5 

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Line 5 is played on a Dvonn board. Each player has 9 stones off-board. This board wraps horizontally around the rows.

 

TURN PHASE - Each player alternately drops a friendly stone in an empty cell, until all the stones are on the board. JUMP PHASE - On each turn, each player move one friendly stone. Stones can move to adjacent empty cells or jump over adjacent  stones (of either color) landing on the immediate next empty cell. Jumps are not mandatory (there are no captures). A jump sequence cannot end at the starting cell. GOAL - Wins the player that makes a 5 in-a-row with friendly stones .

 

An example Black's turn. White is almost winning (if he moves to [2]). Black could prevent it by jumping his marked stone to [2] thru [1]. However, Black has an immediate win by moving to cell [3] making an horizontal 5 in-a-row (remember: the rows wrap).

I wish to thank Lada Urbanova for this game information. A related game is Holly and Trop.

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