Mandarin Square Capturing - Vietnamese traditional board games

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<p><strong>Ô ĂN QUAN </strong>(Mandarin Square Capturing)</p><p>This game is one of the Vietnamese traditional board games that very popular during my childhood.</p><p><strong>SETUP:</strong></p><p>Each player places one big stone (named the “Mandarin piece” and it is equal to five citizen pieces) in the Mandarin square &amp; five small stones (named the “citizen pieces”) in each of the rice field squares.</p><p><strong>SCATTERING:</strong></p><ol><li>Players play <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_paper_scissors">rock paper scissors</a> to determine the first player.</li></ol><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-e1545315560212.jpg?w=640" alt="2" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-e1545315560212.jpg 395w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-e1545315560212.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-e1545315560212.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. The first player takes up <strong>all </strong>the pieces of <strong>any</strong> rice field square on his/her side of the board (blue no.2).</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-1-e1545315633565.jpg?w=640" alt="2" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-1-e1545315633565.jpg 394w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-1-e1545315633565.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-1-e1545315633565.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><ol><li>Distributes <strong>one</strong> piece for each square, starting at the next square in <strong>either</strong> direction.</li></ol><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-2-e1545315685939.jpg?w=640" alt="2" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-2-e1545315685939.jpg 397w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-2-e1545315685939.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2-2-e1545315685939.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><ol><li>When all pieces are distributed, the player repeats by taking up the pieces of the following square (yellow no.5) and distributing them in the same direction.</li></ol><p><strong>CAPTURING:</strong></p><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/3-e1545315748419.jpg?w=640" alt="3" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/3-e1545315748419.jpg 397w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/3-e1545315748419.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/3-e1545315748419.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><ol><li>When the next square to be distributed is empty (blue no.2), the player wins all the pieces in the square after that (blue no.1) and take them out of the table.</li></ol><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-e1545316289129.jpg?w=640" alt="4" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-e1545316289129.jpg 397w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-e1545316289129.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-e1545316289129.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p>* When the square next to the won square (blue no.3) is empty (blue no.2), the player also wins the all the pieces in the square after that (blue no.1).</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-1-e1545316552565.jpg?w=640" alt="4" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-1-e1545316552565.jpg 396w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-1-e1545316552565.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-1-e1545316552565.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><p>** Similarly, when the last piece is distributed in the Mandarin square (on the right), the following squares are empty (blue no.5, no.3, no.1 and yellow no.1), the player can take all the citizens in the squares blue no.4, no.2 and yellow no.2)</p><p><strong>PASSING: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><p>You will lose your turn and the other player can start in the following cases: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-2-e1545316854433.jpg?w=640" alt="5" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-2-e1545316854433.jpg 397w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-2-e1545316854433.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-2-e1545316854433.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><p><br>&nbsp;</p><p>6. Your next distribution is the Mandarin Square (have pieces or not).</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-1-e1545316816403.jpg?w=640" alt="5" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-1-e1545316816403.jpg 397w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-1-e1545316816403.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-1-e1545316816403.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><p>* Or your next distribution turn are two empty squares.</p><p><strong>DISPATCHING:</strong></p><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/6-e1545317234192.jpg?w=640" alt="6" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/6-e1545317234192.jpg 397w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/6-e1545317234192.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/6-e1545317234192.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><p>If there is no left citizen piece in a player’s side of the board, they must use five previously-won pieces to place one piece in each square on their side before starting their turn. (If they do not possess enough pieces, they must borrow the remaining from the other player and return it when counting the points at the end of the game.)</p><p><strong>WINNING:</strong></p><p>The game ends when all the pieces are captured. Whichever player has more pieces is the winner.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/7-e1545317333133.jpg?w=640" alt="7" srcset="https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/7-e1545317333133.jpg 397w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/7-e1545317333133.jpg?w=150 150w, https://discovervietnameselanguage.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/7-e1545317333133.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="100vw"></figure><p>Or if both Mandarin pieces are captured, the remaining citizen pieces belong to the player controlling the side that these pieces are on. Then you say:</p><p><strong>“</strong><i><strong>hết quan, tàn dân, kéo về</strong></i><strong>“</strong></p><p>(“Mandarin is gone, citizen dismisses, retreat”)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You guy can check out the play guide at: <a href="https://discovervietnameselanguage.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/o-an-quan-mandarin-square-capturing/">https://discovervietnameselanguage.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/o-an-quan-mandarin-square-capturing/</a></p>