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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#play" />
    <revision version="0.1" date="2012-03-08" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
      <email its:translate="no">tiffany.antpolski@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Stephen Pearce</name>
      <email its:translate="no">me@stevepdp.org</email>
      <years>2015</years>
    </credit>

    <desc></desc>
  </info>

  <title>Rules</title>

  <p>The object of the game is to flip as many of the opponent tiles while blocking your opponent from flipping your tiles. In order to flip a tile, you must first trap it between two of your tiles, horizontally, vertically or diagonally.</p>
  <steps>
    <item><p>
      The game begins with four pieces, two light and two dark, placed in the center of the board.
    </p></item>
    <item><p>Dark goes first.</p></item>
    <item><p>Dark places a tile on the board in such a way that it traps white tiles between two of the dark tiles.</p>
    <note><p>This placement can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.
    </p></note>
    <p>
     When the dark tile is placed, the light tiles between the newly placed dark tile and another dark tile are flipped over and become part of the dark forces.
    </p>
    </item>
    <item><p>The players alternate turns until no more legal moves can be made by either player.  At this point the game is over. The end of the game often results in a full board.</p></item>
    <item><p>The winner is the the player with the most pieces of his color on the board.</p></item>
  </steps>

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    <p its:translate="yes">Start position</p>
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   <td>
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    <p its:translate="yes">Example first move</p>
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   </td>
   <td>
  <media type="image" src="figures/block.png" width="200" its:translate="no">
    <p its:translate="yes">Blocking move</p>
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   </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><p><em>Start position</em></p></td>
     <td><p><em>Example first move</em></p></td>
     <td><p><em>A blocking move</em></p></td>
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