First click the board to randomize the setup.
You play Red against Blue.
Red plays from left to right, Blue from right to left.
A move consists of either moving one of your men up to four steps
into any of the eight directions (thereby crossing only empty positions)
or by kicking the ball into one of the eight directions.
A player cannot enter either of the goal areas.
The goal areas are the squares at the left and right borders.
The ball can be kicked (i.e. moved) only when one of your men is next to the ball.
The maximum distance the ball can be kicked is given by a
random number between four and seven shown on the right border.
The ball can only be kicked to an empty position.
It is stopped in its path by an opponent, but only when he is adjacent to the ball.
The ball will never leave the board, but is stopped at the border.
If the ball lands in the goal area, a goal is counted by a yellow marker at the border.
Note: after a goal the ball is NOT placed in the centre;
the game just goes on as usual!
A special feature is a 'pass':
If one of your men kicked the ball and it lands next to ANOTHER MAN of yours,
then the opponent is not allowed to kick the ball in his next turn.
Hence by positioning your men correctly you can may pass the ball
between several of your men without much interference from the other team
(apart from blocking, see above).
The first team which kicks three goals wins.
Variants with 20x30 board :
Goals for Red are marked on the left border, for Blue at the right border.
Variants with 20x30 board (enlarged board):
Goals for Red are marked on the top right; goals for Blue at the bottom right.
Variants with 30x50 board (small squares):
Goals for Red are marked on the left border, for Blue at the right border.
In some variants you place some or all of your men manually.
Some variants have the men placed randomly on the soccer field.
(The default variant places the red team on the left half, the blue team on the right half
of the soccer field.)
Note that there is an alternative piece set available.
This game is only fun played human against human.
The AI machine has no grasp of the concept.
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