Bollwerk 178
Bollwerk 178 is a unique variant on a board with 178 squares. The goal of the game is, occupying the opponent’s end field with a piece or a bomb. Whoever captures all his opponent’s pieces or immobilizes their opponent also wins. There is no King in this variant.
Each player has 20 pieces and 25 supplementary stones at their disposal. The game board is in a constant state of change due to the supplementary stones.
Over 3000 moves are available for just the first move, so that opening theory plays no role at Bollwerk 178.
Setup
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<p>They can also jump over an opponent’s guard, which is always captured (only possible forward vertically and forward diagonally as with normal capturing).</p>
<p>From their starting row they can also move two fields forward (vertically and diagonally), but without being able to capture.<br />
Guards are blocked by all supplementary stones.</p>
<p>The red square means that this piece is the starting point when the options are displayed.</p>
<p>Guards place supplementary stones within their regular range of movement, but at most over one of their own guards (in all directions).<br />
Forward vertically and forward diagonally, supplementary stones can also be placed over an enemy guard.</p>
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By Stefan Bogdanski.
Last revised by Stefan Bogdanski.
Web page created: 2021-01-22. Web page last updated: 2021-03-06