Object: Place your Queen in the centre, surrounded by the six Guards.
 
Moves are one step onto any empty adjacent hexagon. Moves are either sideways in the same ring around the centre or into the next inner ring.
There is no capturing. However, a piece can be 'trapped': when there are enemy pieces left and right of a piece, it has to move to the next outer ring.
 
A piece placed at the centre is trapped when two enemy pieces are placed on two opposing sides.
If the Queen and a Guard are trapped at the same time, then the Queen must be moved first.
 
A Guard may never enter the centre.
If your Guards are positioned immediately around the centre with the centre being empty, you lose.
 
In variant 2 you start by placing your pieces on the board.
 
 
Queen's Guard is an old board game. Source: Waddingtons Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Games.
The rules have been slightly simplified for Zillions: In the original game you must place a trapped Queen where your opponent wishes.
 
 
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