Whereas most games usually have one or two goals, Hodge-Podge has multiple goals. The game has a simple set-up. All pieces move and capture the same. There are only two types of pieces: 1 King and the rest are Soldiers. What makes the game complex is that it has several different winning conditions.
You may win by either - capturing your opponent's King;
- Getting your own King safely to the far side of the board;
- Get 5 pieces in a line in any direction, not counting any pieces in your first two rows. The line of 5 must include the King anywhere within the line.; or
- Reduce your opponent to less then 5 pieces.
All pieces slide like rooks in Chess, i.e. any number of empty spaces up, down, left, or right. A piece can also make a single jump over another piece of either color that is adjacent to it horizontally or vertically. The jumping piece lands on the other side. This is not a capture. The only capturing is achieved by sandwiching your opponent's pieces between yours along a row or column. This is similar to Reversi, except that the pieces are removed from the board instead of flipped. A sandwich capture along an edge may wrap around the corner. |
