SZ’KWA - BOARD GAME

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Sz'Kwa is a two-player abstract strategy game from Taiwan. It is a go, weiqi, or baduk variant. The Sz'Kwa board is not an n x n square board like go or weiqi. Instead, the board is circular in design. Each player has 20 pieces. One plays the black pieces, and the other plays the white pieces, however, any two colors or distinguishable objects will do. The board is empty in the beginning. Players decide what colors to play, and who starts first. Players drop one of their pieces on any vacant intersection point on the board. Only one piece can be dropped per turn. Players alternate their turns. Enemy pieces can be captured as long as they are surrounded completely by the player's pieces. The game ends when there are no more vacant intersection points to drop a piece onto, or when one player has exhausted all their pieces.