Tallyho is played by two players on a rectangular board. It is a variant of the famous game Amazons.
Like in Amazons, a turn consists of two parts which are both compulsory: First, an Amazon must be moved like a knight in chess. Then, this Amazon 'shoots a Block' to a square which has to be a (chess) Queen's move away. The square chosen is thus blocked for the remainder of the game, meaning it cannot be entered by an Amazon or crossed or occupied by another Block. There are no captures.
A player has lost if he is unable to make a complete move.
The starting position is generated by a random player, called the Master. He places a single block on the board and two Amazons for each side.
In the Horrido variants the board is decorated by the red rose of the Lipperland-Meute and also by the sign of their friends, the Badische Dragoner-Meute. Amazons and Blocks are not allowed to be played on or through these logos.
In Tallyho the Zillions engine plays much better than in Amazons itself: - On 5x5-board Zillions should be stronger than most human players.
- On 9x9-board engaged humans should have an edge.
- On 7x7-board human and Zillions intelligence should be more or less in balance.
In the Horrido variants the decorations should help the human players.
This game is dedicated to our Foxhunting Club, the 'Lipperland- Meute' and their friends, the 'Badische Dragoner-Meute'. Lipperland is a small and nice German region, halfway between Hannover and the Ruhr Area.
Recall that in German fox hunting no living foxes are involved: Hounds, horses, amazons, and huntsmen only follow an artificial track. Have a look at the webpage: www.lipperland-meute.de
'Horrido' is the German and Austrian analogon to 'Tallyho'. |
