The national game of Madagascar: capture by approach and withdrawal. Move pieces along lines on a 9×5 grid. Capture by moving toward an enemy line (approach) or away from one (withdrawal), taking all pieces in the unbroken line.
Every rule of Fanorona below is frontmatter in the rules corpus, played by the draughts plugin. The board beside each is the game itself, live.
Move pieces along lines on a 9×5 grid. Capture by moving toward an enemy line (approach) or away from one (withdrawal), taking all pieces in the unbroken line.
engine:
topology:
type: grid
rows: 5
cols: 9
layout: intersections
players: [white, black]
plugin: draughts
plugins:
fanorona:
directions: all
manMove: all
manCapture: all
promotion: false
forcedCapture: true
piecesPerPlayer: 22
captureMethods: [approach, withdrawal]
chain:
optional: true
revisit: false
repeatDirection: falseFanorona (Standard)
Every Fanorona variant is playable against the AI or another player.