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Help For Breakthrough
Introduction
Welcome to the network Breakthrough server. The rules of Breakthrough are below. The Breakthrough "challenge" command has a -size option which is described here. Other commands are the same for all pbmserv games.
- breakthrough challenge [ -size=number[xnumber] ] userid1 userid2
- Start a new game between userid1 and userid2.
The -size parameter will change the size of the board. The default size is 8x8. A single number will make a square board with that number of rows and columns. A rectangular board will be make if the size is in the format "ROWSxCOLUMNS".
Rules for Breakthrough
(Copyright (c) 2001 Dan Troyka)Breakthrough is the winner of the 2001 8x8 Game Design Competition, sponsored by About Board Games, Abstract Games Magazine, and Strategy Gaming Society.
Object of the game:
To get one of your pieces to the opposite size of the board.Initial board layout:
A B C D E F G H
8 x x x x x x x x 8 Eks b
7 x x x x x x x x 7
6 . . . . . . . . 6
5 . . . . . . . . 5
4 . . . . . . . . 4
3 . . . . . . . . 3
2 o o o o o o o o 2
1 o o o o o o o o 1 Ohs a
A B C D E F G H
Movement and Capture:
Pieces move 1 space straight or diagonally forward. You may only capture when moving diagonally.Move Notation
Since there are only three spaces a piece can move to the move notation is simply "[row][col][LFR]", where [LFR] is 'L' for forward-and-left, 'F' for straight forward, and 'R' for forward-and-right. For example, "E2F" means "more the piece at E2 forward 1 space", and "C7R" means "move C7 diagonally forward to the right".You may also use a "source-destination" notation. For example, "E2-E3" or "C7-B6".
