Yoté (YOH-tay)is a traditional West African game resembling Checkers and the Morris family of games. Each player starts with 12 pieces (Stones) off board in their reserve. Each turn they may either deploy a Stone from the reserve to any empty space on the board, or move a Stone on the board. Stones move either by sliding one space up, down, left or right, or by jumping over and capturing an opposing Stone next to them in one of those directions. When a Stone captures an opposing Stone, the player may then select any opposing Stone on the board (but not in their opponent's reserve) and capture it as well. A player may continue to jump opposing Stones with the piece they have moved until they run out of Stones to jump; however, captures are never required. The object of the game is capture all of your opponents Stones. If either player is unable to move, then the game ends and the player with the most Stones remaining wins. If both players are reduced to three or less Stones, then the game is a draw. This ZRF includes simple, regular, and advanced versions, with and without enforcement of the three stones or less draw rule (Zillions runs better without it). |