Adding orthogonal movement to International Draughts

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inesistenza
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Adding orthogonal movement to International Draughts

Post by inesistenza » Tue Mar 30, 2021 17:12

The idea is very simple and even obvious, but I wasn't able to find an already existent variant exactly like this: orthogonal direction of movement and capture is added to International Draughts, while maintaining the rest of the rules exactly the same:
-Men move only forwards, diagonally or orthogonally, and capture in any direction
-Kings move and capture in any direction
-All squares are used

This can be also considered as the straight adaptation of International Draughts to the full board (octagonal?), similar to how it has been also adapted to hexagonal boards.

It maintains one-on-one opposition (which is lost in most orthogonal and mixed variants), 2 kings vs 1 king and king vs man are trivial wins, king+man vs king is also a win in most cases but is trickier, etc.

If someone wants to give it a try, it can be played using the Ludii software under the name of "omnidirectional draughts".

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