FANORONA - BOARD GAME

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Fanorona - a traditional Malagasy board game. It is played on a board divided by lines that mark 45 fields at intersections. The game requires a set of 44 pieces (22 black, 22 white). In the initial deployment, the middle square is left empty. Players make moves alternately, starting with the white pawns. The move consists in moving a pawn to an adjacent free square connected by a line. Capturing pieces is done in two ways: by moving away or approaching. Captures by leaving can be made when opponents' pieces are on adjacent squares. The player moves his pawn so that it is no longer an adjacent pawn, thus capturing not only the pawn he moved away from, but also all pawns behind him on the departure line. Capturing by approach is done in a similar way - all pieces on the line of approach of the player's piece to the field adjacent to the opponent's piece are captured. If more than one group of pieces can be captured in a single move, the player must choose which one to capture. After capturing one or a group of pieces, the player makes subsequent moves as long as he captures the opponent's pieces. The exception is the opening of the game - then, despite capturing pieces, players make one move at a time. Beating is mandatory.