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Easy to learn, difficult to master
Easy to learn, difficult to master
1. Board Setup
The game is played on a rectangular board (often wood or stone) with evenly spaced holes.
Black and white pebbles (or stones) fill the board in an alternating pattern—like a checkerboard.
Black usually starts in the top-left corner.
2. Choosing Who Starts
Traditionally, black moves first.
The first player removes one of their own stones from the center (piko) of the board.
The second player then removes one of their own stones that is adjacent (horizontally or vertically) to the empty space.
3. Movement
A move consists of jumping one of your stones over an adjacent opponent’s stone into an empty space directly beyond it.
Jumps can be made horizontally or vertically only—never diagonally.
The stone that was jumped over is captured and removed from the board.
4. Multiple Jumps
If, after a jump, another jump is possible with the same stone, you may continue jumping until no more jumps are possible in that turn.
You may jump multiple stones, but only in a straight line in one direction.
All captured stones are removed immediately as you jump.
5. Goal of the Game
The winner is the player who makes the last legal move.
If it is your turn and you cannot make a move, you lose.
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