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Dvonn Rule Summary

Moves

1. Placing pieces
   • The game starts with an empty board. The players place pieces alternatingly, one at a time. They must start with the DVONN pieces and then continue with their own color.
   • Continue until all spaces on the board are occupied.
     
2. Stacking pieces
   • The players move alternatingly. Each turn a player must move one piece or one stack. He may only move a piece or a stack of his own color. The color of the topmost piece determines who owns a stack, and thus who may move it.
   • A piece or stack must always be moved as a whole and moves as many spaces as there are pieces in the stack. They can be moved in any direction, but only along straight lines.
   • A move may never end in an empty space, but you can move across empty spaces.
   • Only pieces or stacks that are not surrounded on all 6 sides can be moved.
   • Single DVONN pieces can not be moved, but stacks containing a DVONN piece can.
3. Losing pieces
   • Pieces and stacks must somehow remain in contact with at least one DVONN piece to remain in play. "In contact" means that there must always be a link (directly or through a chain of other pieces) with at least one DVONN piece. Otherwise, the pieces are removed from the board at once. 
   • All 3 DVONN pieces remain in play until the end of the game, even if one of them becomes isolated, as it will always remain in contact with itself.
4. The End
   • The players must play as long as they can. If one player can't make a move any more, the other must still continue while he can.
   • The player wins who controls the most pieces with a piece of his color on top of any stack. All pieces in the stack are counted independent of their color.