Fighting Serpents

How to play

Awithlaknannai — the Zuni "fighting serpents", a leap-capture game on a long lattice of linked points. Slide a stone along a line, or jump an adjacent AI stone into the empty point beyond to capture it, chaining leaps where you can.

Rules

  • Tap one of your stones, then tap a highlighted point to slide it there along a line.
  • If a capture is available, tap the red target to jump an adjacent AI stone into the empty point beyond, removing it from the board.
  • Keep jumping from your new position if another capture opens up — captures chain as far as the board allows.
  • Clear every AI stone off the board, or leave the AI with no legal move, to win.

Tips

The long horizontal lines let captures chain a long way — set up a stone so one jump leads straight into another. Avoid leaving your own stone with an AI stone beside it and an empty point just past, or it'll be leapt.