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19 Pages·2016·4.39 MB·English

by  Joshua Chalifour

Adomoc is a two-player, abstract strategy board
game. Each player must shrewdly plan, collaborate,
and compete with the other player to transcend the
origin space at the board’s edge and reach the
centre of the board.
EnglishVersion
Laversionfrançaise—page11
Objective connectthespacesinaspiralfromthe
firstcycletotheeighthcycle.Thespiralsconnect
Thefirstplayertomovehisorherprimesunto
spacesdiagonallyfromcycletocycle.
thecentrespace(theninthcycle)wins.
Section providesdetail
arelocatedinthefirstthreecycles
ontheconditionsrequiredtowin.Ifyouhave
only.Therearetwohalvestotheboardsothat
difficultyrememberingtherules,seethe
eachbreedbeginsthegameoccupyingthefirst
QuickReferenceTablesattheend.
fifteenspacesofitsnative(lightordark)halfof
theboard.
Game Components
Eachplayerhasone offifteengame Optionally,ifyouwishtorecordthemovements
pieces(lightordark).Therearethreedifferent ofyourgame,youmayuseAdomocnotation,
typesofpiece.Onetypeisa ,oneisa whichisdescribedinRegulationsandOther
,andoneisasun.Eachbreedconsistsof Guidance.
fivefeet,fivemoons,andfivesuns.
Onepieceofeachtypehasspecial
characteristicsthatsetitapartfromtheother
types.Wecallthesespecialpiecestheprimes.
Tosummarizeeachplayerhasfifteenpieces:
•4sunsand1primesun
•4moonsand1primemoon
•4feetand1primefoot
TheAdomocgameboardisacircularmatrix Setup and Play
composedofeighty-onecircular,spaces.
Theboardhasnineconcentric .Thefirst
•Sunsoccupytheoutermostcycle(cycle1)
cycleisclosesttotheoutermostedgeofthe
•Moonsoccupythesecondcycle
board.Ten intersectthefirsteight
•Feetoccupythethirdcycle
cycles.
Primepiecesalwaysoccupyeachplayer'smiddle
columnofspaces(columnCforthelighthalfand
columnHforthedarkhalf).Theotherpieces
shouldbesetuptoflankbothsidesoftheprime
piecesineachplayer'sremainingfour(leftward
andrightward)columns.
Onceallthepiecesaresetup,thelightbreed •Moonsmovediagonally,followingthe
willoccupythefirstthreecyclesofspaceson spirals.
columnsA,B,C,D,E,andthedarkbreedwill •Sunsmoveanydirection(aroundcycles,
occupythoseoncolumnsF,G,H,I,J. alongcolumns,oralongspirals).
Allpiecesmaymoveonlyonedirectioninaturn.
Exceptfortheprimesun,nopiecemaypass-
throughorlandonthecentrespace(theninth
cycle).Aprimesunmayonlylandonthecentre
whentheconditionsaresatisfiedforwinningthe
game.
SeethefirstQuickReferenceTable,attheendof
theinstructionsforhelp.
Aroundofplayconsistsofbothplayerseach
takingoneturn.Thelightbreedmakesthe
firstmoveofthegame.
Eachplayermustplayexactlyoneturnper
round,ifitisimpossibleforaplayertomove,
heorshemustforfeitthegame.
Oneturnconsistsofmovingonepiece,one
establishedtypeofmovement(atleastone
space),whichmayormaynotinvolveanyof
threepossible . Piecescanbehaveinthreedifferentways.They
canconsume,originate,orinsomecasesattract
otherpieces.
maymovea ofthreespaces
orlessperturn.Allnon-primepiecesmay
Whenaprimepiecelandsonitsopponent'spiece
moveasmanyorasfewspacesastheplayer
ofthesametype,itconsumesthepiece.That
desires.
meansthenon-primepiecemustberemoved
fromtheboardandcannotre-enterplay.
•Feetmovelaterallyaroundthecyclesor
longitudinallyalongthecolumns.
Onlyprimesmayconsumeotherpiecesand
primesthemselvescannotbeconsumed.
Forexample,aprimefootmayconsumeits
opponent'snon-primefeetbutmaynot
consumemoonsorsuns.
Consumingapieceterminatestheplayer's
turn.
Apiecethatlandsonapieceofan
maysendthepiecebacktoanoriginspace.
Forexample,afootmayoriginateasunora
moonbutnotanotherfoot.
Primepiecesmay beoriginatedbyother
primesorbyanymoon.Note:amoonstill
cannotoriginateaprimemoonsinceitisalike
type.
Aplayermayoriginatehisorherownpieces.
Theplayerthatcausestheorigination(the
playerwhoseturnisinprogress)choosesthe
originspaceonwhichtosendtheoriginated
piece(itdoesnotmatterwhetherthe
originatedpieceishisopponent'sorhisown).
Aplayercan
withintheoriginatedbreed's
origincycle.Itmustbeplacedononeofthe
breed'sfreeoriginspacesofthepropercycle.
Forexample,ifalightmoonisgoingto
originateadarksun,atleastoneoftheorigin
spacesonthedarksun'scycle(F1,G1,H1,I1,
orJ1)mustbeunoccupied.Ifoneofthose
spacesisunoccupied,thelightmoonmovesto
thespacethedarksunoccupied,andthedark
sunmovestothefreeoriginspaceofthelight-
breedplayer'schoice.
SeethefirstQuickReferenceTable,attheend
oftheinstructionsforhelp.
Whenanysunisonaspacedirectly
Thefirstplayertolandhisorherprimesunonthe
(byrow,cycle,orspiral)toafootoftheother
ninthcycle,duringastateofprimes,winsthe
breed,itattractsthatfoot,whichmeansthat
game.Thegameends(onesaysthegameis
thefootcannotmove.Attractiononlyaffects
"centred")whenaplayer'sprimesuntranscends
feetandfeetareonlyattractedtosuns.
itsoriginandentersthecentrespace.
Itdoesnotmatterwhetherthesunsorfeet
areprime.
Therearefourwaystofreeanattractedfoot Priortoaplayermovinghisorherprimesunto
andallowittocontinueplaying. theninthcycle,atleastoneprimefootandone
primemoonmustresideontheeighthcycle.
1.Originatethefoot Furthermore,atleastoneoftheseprimes(afoot
2.Originatethesun oramoon)mustbelongtotheplayer'sownbreed.
3.Consumethesun(ifit'snotprime)
4.Waitforthesuntomove.Assoonasthe
sunmoves,thefootisreleasedfromits Whenthoseconditionsexist,thegameisina
attraction stateofprimes.Thenextplayertomovehasthe
possibilityofwinning.Atnoothertimeisthe
primesunallowedtoenterthespaceoftheninth
cycle.
SeethesecondQuickReferenceTable,attheend
oftheinstructionsforexamples.
Regulations and Other
Guidance •Becausemoonsmovealongspiral/diagonal
paths,theycannotreachallofthespaceson
theboard.Thus,moonsmightseemtohave
limitedvalue.However,theirabilityto
•Noimmediatereverseorigination.When
originateprimepiecesmakesthem
apieceisoriginated,itcannotbeusedon
especiallyvaluabletowardendgame
thefollowingturntooriginateits
strategy.
originator.Inotherwords,areverse
originationmaynotbeplayedbeforeone
•Theprimemoonisthemostdifficultpieceto
completeroundofplaypasses.
originate.
•Itisalegitimatemoveforaplayerto
•Countingthenumberofcolumnsthat
originatehisorherownpiecesbuta
separatespacesatdifferentcyclesonthe
playermaynotconsumehisorherown
boardrevealspatternsthatmakeiteasierto
pieces.Similarly,aplayer'sfeetarenever
seewherespiralsfromthefirstcycleendon
attractedtohisorherownsuns.
theeighthcycle.
•Nojumping.Nopiececanbypass,avoid,
orotherwise"jump"overanotherpiece
thatisinitspath.
•Adjacency:aspacethatisdirectlynextto
aneighbouringspace.InAdomoc,
adjacentspacesincludeanyspacesthat
areimmediatelynexttooneanotherina
column,cycle,oraspiral.
•Thebehavioursofconsumingand
originatingterminateaturn.Thismeans
thatnopiececanconsumeororiginate
morethanonepieceinaturn.The
attractionbehaviourhowever,might
resultfromaturnthatalsoinvolved
consumingororiginatingapiece.
•Piecesmaynotmoveinmultiple
directionsduringaturn.Forexample,a
piecemaynotbemovedalongacolumn
severalspacesandthenmovedalonga
cycleinthesameturn.Piecesmayonly
moveinonedirectionperturn.
•Nopiecemaylandonorpassthrough
thespaceinthecentre(theninthcycle).
Theprimesunistheonlyexception,and
thenonlytowinthegameduringastate
ofprimes.
doesnotneedtobeindicatedbecauseitis
impliedwhenitoccurs.
Someplayersliketostudythegamesthey've
playedorthatotherpeoplehaveplayed.
Ifanoriginationoccurs,twoadditionalcharacters
Transcribingthemovesofagameisnot
arerequiredtoindicatethespaceonwhichthe
requiredtoplaybutifyouwishtoreviewa
piecewasoriginated.Thereisnoneedtoindicate
gamelater,Adomocnotationisasimpleway
thetypeofpiecethatwasoriginatedsincethe
torecordwhattranspired.
originspaceimpliesthatinformation.
StandardAdomocnotationisanalgebraic
Thefinal,winningmoveofthegameshouldend
notationsystem,allowinganyonetoreadand
witha*(asterisk)symbolindicatingtheplayerhas
interpretthemovesandbehavioursofagame.
“centred”thegame.Ifaplayerforfeitsthegame
TowriteamoveinAdomocnotation,string
themoveshouldendwitha_(underscore)
togethertheproperletters,numbers,and
symbol.Ifthegameendsinadrawitshouldbe
symbolstoindicatethepieces,spaces,and
representedbytwo--(hyphen)symbols.
behavioursinvolved.
Eachroundofplayshouldbenumbered
Cyclesprogressivelynumberuptowardthe
sequentially,beginningwiththenumeralone,
centre(1,2,3,...9),sothattheninthcycleis
witheachplayer'smoveseparatedbyaspace.
theverycentreoftheboard.
Herearesomeexamples:
Columnsarelabeledcounter-clockwiseAtoJ.
Aisthefirstcolumnontheleftofthelightside
oftheboard.Jisthefirstcolumnontheright
ofthedarksideoftheboard.
Thefirstcharacterisalwaysanuppercase
letterindicatingthetypeofpiece.Primes
shouldhavea^(caret)symbolfollowingtheir
lettertoindicatetheirstatusasaprimepiece.
Thesecondtwocharactersindicatethespace
onwhichthepieceresides.Thisiscomposed
byusingthelowercaseletterofthecolumn,
followedbythenumberoftheintersecting
cycle.Forexample,b1indicatestheorigin
spaceofalightsunwhereasf3istheorigin
spaceofadarkfoot.
Thefourthandfifthcharactersindicatethe
spacethepiecemovedto.
Asixthcharacterindicatesabehaviour,if
applicable.Alowercase“ ”fororiginatingand
alowercase“ ”forconsuming.Attraction
Variation of Play
TheAltogetherVariantchangeshowthegame
maybewon.
Theinfinitevariantpermitsneitherthe
consumingbehaviournorthespecialabilityof Thegameendsnormally:atthemomentwhena
moonstooriginatePrimes. playermoveshisorherprimesuntotheninth
cycle(duringastateofprimes).Bothplayersmust
Thisisinfact,liketheinitialconceptionof thentallyascoreforthepiecesintheirbreed,
Adomoc.Thisvariantofthegamecausesmore whichremainontheboard.Theplayerwiththe
movementandisverydifficulttowin.Itmight highestscorewinsthegame.
evenbeimpossibletowinagameunlessone
playermakesamistake—butthishasyettobe Tallyingworksasfollows.Eachpieceearnsthe
testedconclusively. player,thequantityofpointscorrespondingto
thenumberofthecycleonwhichitresidesatthe
PlaytheInfiniteVariantasameditationon endofthegame.
play,patterns,andasacomplexchallengebut
don'texpectaquickendtothegame! Forexample,afootontheeighthcycleearns
eightpointswhileasunonthethirdcycleearns
threepoints.Suns,moons,andfeetarevalued
equally–onlythecycleonwhichtheyresideatthe
endofthegame,conferspoints.
Thisvariantbolstersadesiretoconserveasmany
piecesaspossibleandtomovethemaltogether,
towardthecentre.Itchangesthestrategicfocus.
Quick Reference Tables
Thefollowingtablesummarizeshoweachpiecemovesanditspotentialbehaviours.
Thefollowingtableshowssomeexamplesofvalidconditionsforwinningthegame(avalidstateof
primes).
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