Coerceo Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Box Content
• Board Setup
• Winning
• Moving a Piece
• Capturing a Piece
• Neutral Position After a Move
• Tile Removal
• Neutral Position After Tile Removal
• Multiple Tile Removal
• Exchanging Tiles
• Examples
  • One turn: exchanging tiles
  • One turn: tile collection + piece capture
  • One turn: tile collection + two piece capture
  • One turn: tile collection + capture
  • One turn: exchanging tiles + tile removal
  • One turn: exchanging tiles + tile removal + capture
• Turn Description - Summary
• Optional Rules
  • Additional rule 'Cura'
  • Substitute rule 'Exchanging one tile'

Box Content

• 1x booklet 'Rules of Coerceo'
• 18 x black piece
• 18 x white piece
• 19 x tile

Board Setup

18 white pieces on the white fields, 18 black pieces on the black fields.

This starting position is called the 'Laurentius' starting position.

Winning

The player who removes the last piece of the opponent from the board wins the game.

Either player may resign at any moment letting the other player win.

Moving a Piece

The black and white player take turns moving one piece at a time. White moves first.

White pieces can only move on the white fields. Black pieces can only move on the black fields.

Capturing a Piece

White encloses black. This action captures the black piece.

After being captured, the black piece is removed from the board.

Neutral Position After a Move

You cannot capture your own pieces, therefore:

If white moves to an already enclosed field, white is not captured.

Tile Removal

White moves, leaving an empty tile behind.

If the empty tile is now attached to the board by 3 or less adjacent sides, it must be removed from the board.

As white made the move, white collects this tile.

When a tile is left empty and it is attached to the board on 3 sides which are not adjacent, it is not removed from the board.

When a tile is left empty and it is attached to the board on 2 sides which are not adjacent, it is not removed from the board.

Neutral Position After Tile Removal

You cannot capture your own pieces, therefore:

Black moves, leaving an empty tile behind. Black collects the tile. Black is now enclosed, black is not captured.

Multiple Tile Removal

You can collect multiple tiles in one turn.

Black moves, leaving an empty tile behind. This tile is collected by black. After black collects the first tile, a second tile now needs to be removed. Black also collects this tile.

Exchanging Tiles

Two previously collected tiles can be exchanged for a piece of the opponent in a turn.

The player exchanging the two tiles can choose any piece of the opponent to remove from the board.

Exchanging tiles replaces moving a piece at the start of a turn.

A player can collect any number of tiles, but can only exchange two tiles in one turn. The tiles that are exchanged for a piece of the opponent are removed from the game.

When a tile becomes empty as a result of removing a piece from that tile, and the tile is attached to the board by 3 or less adjacent sides, then this tile is removed from the game and is not collected by a player. Other empty tiles that should be removed, are also removed from the game.

If a piece of the opponent is left enclosed after tile removal then that piece is captured.

Examples

One turn: exchanging tiles

White exchanges two previously collected tiles for one black piece. White chooses which black piece to remove.

One turn: tile collection + piece capture

White moves, leaving an empty tile behind and encloses black. The empty tile, attached to the board by 3 adjacent sides, is removed from the board. The white player collects this tile. The white player captures the black piece.

One turn: tile collection + two piece capture

White moves, leaving an empty tile behind and encloses two black pieces. The empty tile, now attached to the board by 2 adjacent sides, is removed from the board. The white player collects this tile. The white player captures the two black pieces.

One turn: tile collection + capture

White moves, leaving an empty tile behind. The empty tile, now attached on the board by only 2 adjacent sides, is removed from the board. The white player collects this tile. The white player now encloses the black piece and so captures the enclosed black piece.

One turn: exchanging tiles + tile removal

White exchanges two tiles for one black piece. The now empty tile is removed from the game. The tile is not collected by white.

One turn: exchanging tiles + tile removal + capture

White exchanges two tiles and removes one black piece. This leaves an empty tile which is removed from the game. The tile is not collected by white. The newly enclosed black piece is also captured.

Turn Description - Summary

A turn consists of either:

1. Moving a piece.
2. If applicable, remove and collect empty tiles.
3. If applicable, remove any captured pieces.

or

1. Exchange two tiles.
2. Remove one of the opponent's pieces.
3. If applicable, remove empty tiles from the game.
4. If applicable, remove any captured pieces.

or

1. Resigning.

Skipping a turn is not allowed.

Optional Rules

The optional rules presented here can be employed if both players agree to their use.

Additional rule 'Cura'

If, after a move, a piece threatens to capture an opponent's piece, the player making that move must say 'Cura' (attention).

Substitute rule 'Exchanging one tile'

Instead of exchanging two tiles for an opponent's piece, exchange one tile for one piece.