Objective: Gain exclusive control of 3 out of 4 corners (corner spaces are denoted by the dots).
1st move: place a germ in the dish.
On subsequent moves, either:
(a) move a piece to any adjacent space
(b) divide to an adjacent space, or
(c) grow.
Note that all pieces require at least one liberty or they die. In addition, a small piece requires two liberties to grow into a medium piece. A medium piece requires two liberties to divide or move, and three liberties to grow into a large piece. And a large piece requires 3 liberties to divide or move.
A liberty is an orthogonally adjacent empty space. Pieces cannot commit suicide, but they may make a move which is only legal after any captures have been dealt with.
Gro is (c) 1999 Greg Turner
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These rules files were written by Stephen Tavener. You'll find more rules files for download on Stephen's web site at http://scat.demon.co.uk/free.html