To win you must be the first to move all your rabbits from their starting positions in your yard into the opponent's yard.
Players take turns, moving a single counter at a time.
A rabbit may move in one of two ways: - It may shift to an adjacent square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, or
- It may leap over an adjacent rabbit (of either color) to the opposite, unoccupied square. The rabbit leapt over is not captured. A leaping rabbit may continue to leap over other counters until there are no more to leap over or the player decides to stop. To stop leaping prematurely, select "Pass Move" from the menus or the toolbar.
It is not allowable to jump or step backwards (i.e. in the direction of one's own yard). IN ORDER TO PREVENT DRAWS, in 'HOPPERS', if you fail to entirely vacate your own yard by turn 50, you automatically lose! (see blue turn counter) Since a rabbit which has just jumped can continue jumping, you should try to form "ladders" of jumpable counters to more quickly get your counters down the board. Try to avoid that the opponent can jump via your own counters.
This implementation organized by Douglas Silfen to create a Timer (not forced moves) Halma. Halma Star graphics and Timer programming courtesy of Karl Scherer. Audio and Original Board From Mats Winther's Halma Variants. Rabbit graphics from Chris Huntoons' Jackrabbits game. Original Halma, (the big 16 square version) was invented in 1883 by a 30-year-old Harvard Medical School graduate, George Howard Monks, who was then studying in London and subsequently went on to become a prominent British surgeon. Original Halma caught on in England but hasn't had much success outside England, although it became the favorite game of the last Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna. The word "Halma" comes from the Greek word for "leap". 'HOPPERS' is Sid Sackson's Medium Halma timer variant. |
