Tempest Board Game - 2 Players

Equipment:
    • 8x8 Board
    • 32 Black Pieces and 32 White Pieces (or any distinguishable pieces)
An Othello board works rather well

Quick Rules:
    • The two players take it in turn to place a piece of their colour in any legal position
    • If a player is able to capture some enemy pieces, he must do so on his turn
    • The winner is the first person to form an 8-in-a-row with his pieces. This may be horizontally, vertically or diagonally

Capturing Pieces:
    • A line of a certain player's pieces is captured if both of the following conditions are true:
        ◦ It has an enemy piece on both ends
        ◦ It is continuous (i.e. has no gaps in it)
    • When a line is captured, all of the pieces are removed from the board. The pieces may be played on later turns
    • NB: lines of pieces may of horizontal, vertical or diagonal

Legal Positions:
    • Any move that would result in the loss of the piece played on that turn is illegal
    • Unlike in the game Go, a move is still illegal if it would capture an enemy piece that was making the move illegal
    • It is also illegal to place a piece on top of another piece

Extra Rules and Clarification:
    • When a player is forced to capture enemy pieces, the quantity of those pieces captured is irrelevant. If Position A would capture four enemy pieces whereas Position B would only capture one, the player would have the choice of either position
    • A player is neither forced nor allowed to capture enemy pieces if the capturing position is illegal
    • A player cannot play in an illegal position even if that would make an 8-in-a-row
    • If there are no legal moves for a player to make, he is forced to pass. A player may not pass if there are any legal moves to make
. If both players pass consecutively, the game ends as a draw