Aries

Aries

Designer: Chris Huntoon
Type: Abstract
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/27726
Available from: http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/aries.htm

Equipment:

• 8x8 square board
• 16 pieces per player

Each player arranges his pieces in his corner in a 4x4 square. Stones slide orthogonally (like chess Rooks). When a stone moves into an enemy stone, it pushes it one cell in the same direction. This may set off a chain reaction of pushes if additional enemy stones lie in the same direction. Friendly stones don't get pushed. Captures are made by either pushing an enemy stone off the board or into a friendly stone. The first player that captures all enemy stones or moves into the opposite edge wins.

A zillions-of-games ZRF file for this game is available at ftp://ftp.zillionsofgames.com/games/Aries.zip.