Achi
Achi Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Equipment
A 3×3 board is used. Three horizontal lines form the three rows. Three vertical lines form the three columns. Two diagonal lines connect the two opposite corners of the board. The board is easily drawn on the ground or paper.
Each player has four pieces. One plays the black pieces, and the other plays the white pieces; however, any two colors or distinguishable objects will suffice.
Rules and gameplay
- The players take turns to place one of their counters on a point where lines join.
- When all eight counters have been placed, each player can move along a line to an adjacent empty point.
The winner is the first player to create a 3-in-a-row of one's counters either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. If a player can't move, then he loses.
Variations
A variation is that a player doesn't win by getting 3 pieces aligned diagonally - only horizontally or vertically.
In the three-piece version, each player has only three pieces to drop, which makes the game identical to three men's morris.