Help For Philosopher's FootballIntroductionWelcome to the network Philosopher's Football server. The rules of Philosopher's Football are below. The Phutball "challenge" command has a -handicap option which is described here. Other commands are the same for all pbmserv games.
Rules for Philosopher's FootballObject of the game:On a 19x15 board, players take turns either adding men to the field, or moving the football. (There is no difference between the men placed by player one and those placed by player two.) The football moves by jumping lines of adjacent men and then removing all jumped men from the board. The football can jump diagonally as well as straight. The object is to move the football to (or past) your goal line. Initial board layout:A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ^ 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | 10 . . . . . . . @ . . . . . . . 10 Ohs Eks 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 v 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P The Ohs player is attempting to move the football ('@') to row 19 or 20. The Eks player is attempting to move the football to row 1 or 0. Movement:You may...
Here is a sample game opening: A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Ohs Eks 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 H11 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . 11 10 . . . . . . . @ . . . . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Ohs Eks 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 H11 2 J12 12 . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . 11 10 . . . . . . . @ . . . . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Ohs Eks 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 H11 2 J12 12 . . . . . . . + + . . . . . . 12 3 H12 11 . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . 11 10 . . . . . . . @ . . . . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Ohs Eks 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 H11 2 J12 12 . . . . . . . + + . . . . . . 12 3 H12 4 K11 11 . . . . . . . + . + . . . . . 11 10 . . . . . . . @ . . . . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P 14 . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . 14 Ohs Eks 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 H11 2 J12 12 . . . . . . . + + . . . . . . 12 3 H12 4 K11 11 . . . . . . . + . + . . . . . 11 5 H14 10 . . . . . . . @ . . . . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P 14 . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . 14 Ohs Eks 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 H11 2 J12 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 H12 4 K11 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5 H14 6 H10-H13-L10 10 . . . . . . . . . . @ . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P
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