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Konane game at national historic park in Hawaii
Konane
This is the "board" with pieces. The placement is actually incorrect for starting a game but looks interesting this way.
Ohia wood board carved by Bernard Gomes with cowrie shells as pieces

Konane (1775)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
20–20 min
Age
6+
5.76
Average rating
139
Ratings
2.00/5
Weight
#22018
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Hawaiian Checkers +3 more
Designer:(Uncredited)
Artist:Mariela Arratia, Lívia Varga, Tímea Kőszegi
Publisher:Gamut of Games +15 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 4, Theme 3
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.0
Theme3.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Abstract StrategyGrid MovementStatic CaptureSquare Grid

Overview

A traditional Hawaiian game.

From Katie Harris's review:

The gameboard is made up of rows and columns, like a checkerboard. However, you can have as many rows and columns as you would like (and your board accommodates). To set-up the game, fill each square with a playing piece, alternating between black and white pieces.

Black moves first, by taking off one of his pieces. He may only remove a piece from the middle of the board or from one of the corners. White removes one of his pieces that is adjacent orthogonally to the empty square created by Black. There should now be two empty squares next to each other.

From there on, players take turns jumping their opponents’ pieces. A jump may only be made orthogonally, never diagonally. A player may make multiple jumps with the same piece in a turn, provided that he does not change direction. Making a multiple jump is optional. Pieces that are jumped are removed from the board.

When one player is unable to jump during his turn, his opponent wins the game.

Online Play

http://www.iggamecenter.com/ - igGameCenter (real-time, bot) https://likonane.org/ - Likōnane (real-time, bot, tournaments)

Expansions

Ludos: Challenges of America
Ludos: Heroes of America
Ludos: Oracles of America
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