Yavalath
Yavalath Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Rules
The game begins with an empty board.
Each player has an allocated colour: White or Black.
Starting with White, players take turns placing a stone of their colour in any empty cell on the board.
On his first move, Black may elect to swap colours (swap option). This is to stop overly strong opening moves.
End of Game
The game ends in one of the following cases:
a) One of the players wins a game by making a line of four (or more) stones of his colour.
b) One of the players loses a game by making a line of three stones of his colour without making a line of four stones the same time.
c) The board fills up before either player wins or loses. In this case the game ends up in a draw.
Example: 'a' is a winning move for white, but a losing move for black.
3 Player Variant
This variant is played according to the same rules, except that players must block the next player's win if possible, and any player forming a line of three stones without also forming a line of four stones is removed from the game (but not their stones). The winner is either the last surviving player or the first player who forms a line of four stones. (the 3rd player uses the red counters)