2 players

Surakarta

Game family: all

Overview

Surakarta is purported to be from Java in Indonesia, but this claim may have been a marketing ploy by Ravensberger when the game was first published in Germany in 1971.

Source rules (English)

Played on a 6x6 board with corner loops. Each player has 12 pieces. Play is made on the intersections of the lines. pieces are captured by moving via the outer loops and occupying a space held by another player. The goal is to capture all of the opponent's pieces. If no further captures are possible, the player with the most remaining pieces wins.