Herd
Herd is a simple dice game.
ON YOUR TURN:
1. Roll the dice.
2. Remove enemy stones in the quantity indicated by the lower die value.
3. Place your stones on any unoccupied cells, except where prohibited as
described below, in the quantity indicated by the higher die value.
4. If you completely surround an enemy singleton - enemy group of size 1 - that
is, every one of its adjacent cells is occupied by one of your stones - you must
immediately remove it.
5. For each enemy stone you surround and capture, you must add an additional
stone of your color, which could then capture more enemy stones and require you
to add yet more of your stones during your turn.
6. Prohibited placement: You may not place a stone on a cell completely
surrounded by enemy stones - that is, a cell whose every adjacent cell is occupied
by an enemy stone. If at any time during your turn, the only unoccupied cells are
such self-capturing placements, your turn is concluded.
BALANCING RULE: Black, on their first turn, places the number of stones indicated by
the LOWER die value.
OBJECT OF THE GAME: The game ends when the board is completely filled. Who has the
most stones on the board wins.
Number of players: 2
Game duration: 12 mn
Complexity: 3 / 5
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Rules summary
Overview
The aim is to occupy the most spaces at the end of the game when all spaces are occupied
Turn
Roll two dice
From the lower value, remove that many opponents' stones
From the higher value, place that many of your own stones
If placing a stone completely surrounds your opponent's stone with your own, it is removed, and you get +1 to the number of stones you can place this turn
You cannot place in an empty space completely surrounded by opponent stones
If you cannot place all stones allowed, your turn ends early and none are carried over
