TROP 

Copyright (c) 1990s ??

Trop is played on a Dvonn board. Each player has 9 stones off-board.

 

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 jump over one adjacent enemy stone (and capturing it) landing on the immediate next empty cell. Jumps are not mandatory and may be (optionally) multiple. GOAL - The game ends when the next player cannot move. Wins the player that captured more stones  It is a tie if both players captured the same number of stones.

I would suggest making jumps mandatory (but not enforcing maximal captures) and allow them to be made over friendly stones (with no captures). A jump sequence with no captures should also not end its move at the starting cell (it would be equivalent to pass).

An example The marked black stone can make a double jump capturing three white stones and ending the game.

I wish to thank Lada Urbanova for this game information.

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