Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4006105
Area
Board games
Title
HiQue
General name
Manufacturer / publisher
Collection / set
Number in collection
Year
1998
Number of players
2
Author / designer
Language
Dimensions
37 x 19 x 4
Details

Box contains: 1 game rule 1 game board 18 game pieces It is played on a board of 7 x 7 squares. These squares are tilted 45 degrees, so that the players are not looking at squares, but diamonds. Each player has 9 pieces: 5 "runners" and 4 "guards". The object of the game is to move a runner to the back line of the opponent. Runners may move one square per turn (forwards, left or right) but not backwards and only on the white squares. Guards may move an unlimited number of squares (if the rook in check) but only on the black squares. Runners may be captured by two enemy guards, as long as they are on spaces adjacent to the runner. So more runners can be beaten in one move of a guard. Guards cannot be beaten and captured. The game ends when one of the players places a runner on the opponent's back line, or when one of the players has no more runners. The runners are vulnerable pieces, they are in constant danger from the Guards. A strategic goal is therefore to avoid hitting runners by setting up attacks yourself. The side of the board seems a safer place for the runners than the center! HiQue calls itself "the missing link between Chess and Checkers". It combines a limited number of features from both games. Given the moves, the game is more like checkers than chess.

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