Ugolki (, russian: уголки},
English
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: ''corners'') is a two-player
board game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well.
Many board games feature a comp ...
, similar to
halma
Halma (from the Greek word ἅλμα meaning "jump") is a strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School. His inspiration was the English game ''Hoppity'' which was ...
, that is typically played on an 8×8 grid board with 16 game pieces per player. It is said to have been invented in
Europe
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in the late 18th century. Variations on the size of the board and the number of game pieces also exist.
Game rules
Both players start off with square arrangements of 16 game pieces in opposing corners of the gameboard. Each player's goal is to move all their pieces from the starting corner to the corner occupied by the opponent at the start of the game.
Players take turns moving one game piece. A piece may move only away from the starting location into a destination that is empty, provided either of the following conditions are met:
* the destination square is adjacent to the starting square
* the destination square can be reached by