Alquerque

Strategy game using board and colored pieces, must be played by two players.

The game is probably related to draughts, becaused its really similar to it: pieces, gameplay and moves, using a system of capturing pieces of the opponent.

The player who capture all the pieces of the opponent first win the game.

A game that people usually don't know, it was played by people in the middle East (where the game has originated).

Rules

The board is a 5x5 board, each space has a hole carved in it to place the pieces, the spaces are also connected byl lines marked in the board that designates where each player can move the pieces.

There are 12 white pieces and 12 black pieces for each player start the game (leaving only one empty space in the middle of the board, see the image below to see how the board's pieces must be placed).

After choosing who is the first player (black pieces), he/she must make a move of only for options and can't even capture an opponent's pieces (making the first player in disadvantage), after moving one piece its the turn of the player with the white pieces, and each time someone makes a move is the turn of the other player make his/her.

To capture an opponent's piece, the player must find a condition where his/her piece is in the side of an opponent's piece and the opponent's piece must be in the side of an empty space (all of these three facing the same direction like diagonal, vertical or horizontal) and there must be a line connecting the three spaces, if someone manages to capture the opponent's piece, this piece is taken out of the game.

If there is any possibility of multiple captures, than this move must be executed.

To win this game the player must have at least one piece remaining and none of his/her opponent, if he/she manages to do that he/she wins.