2 players
Wan Fu Cave Game
- Game family
- lines
- Origin
- China
Overview
The board for this game was found in Wan Fu Cave, part of the Longmen cave-temples near Luoyang, China. The board is of a common type known throughout the world, but is not as commonly attested in China.
Source rules (English)
The game Wan Fu Cave Game is played by two players on a 5x5 rectangle board with square tiling. All players play with Markers. Rules for Pieces: Markers hop adjacent then if can move hop adjacent, move again or step adjacent. Players take turns moving. Setup: Place a Marker for player one at the union of the bottom sites of the board expanded by 1 steps and the vertexes with coordinates [D3, E3]. Place a Marker for player two at the union of the top sites of the board expanded by 1 steps and the vertexes with coordinates [A3, B3].. Rules: Move one of your pieces. Aim: If the next player cannot move, the next player loses If the number of pieces owned by Player 1 is less than or equal to 9, player one loses.