WentuHello and welcome to this tutorial where you will learn how to play the game Silo, by Mark Steere.
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WentuSilo is a game for two players.
It is played on a linear board of 6 squares (in the basic version).
From the top it would look like this:
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When you play it, you look at the board from your side:
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WentuEach player starts with 9 checkers.
At the beginning of the game, each player has 3 stacks of 3 checkers each of his/her colour on the first, third and fifth square counting from the left.
You are seeing the game from BLACK’s perspective.3archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment000
WentuTo win, you must *stack all of your checkers contiguously*, possibly with the opponent's checkers above and/or below them.
In the picture below, the [red]Red[/red] player has just won.
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WentuThe players take turns making one move each, starting with [red]Red[/red].
!!! Passing is not allowed.
If you cannot move, your opponent will make consecutive moves, until you are able to make a move again.5archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment000
WentuTo make a move, *take your highest checker* from one of the stacks and *move it to your right* one square.
While doing so, it is possible that you are carrying one or more of your opponent’s checkers that were on top of yours.
You must place the checker you are moving on top of the stack that is on the square you are moving to.
If there are no checkers there, just put the stack on the board.6archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment000
WentuThis is a possible move by your opponent:
[img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/https___snipboard.io_qIc1tH.jpg[/img]
And here is an example of your move:
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WentuIn the game on the right, you will be playing as BLACK. [red]RED[/red] has already moved one of his/her checkers from the second to the first column.
From RED’s perspective, they moved it to the right.
There were no black checkers on top of the one he/she moved, so he/she moved just one checker.
Now it's BLACK's turn. Move a checker from the third stack from the left.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment619a54f95594b10square_2_2 1
WentuAs you can see, on BGA all the possible moves are highlighted in [green]green[/green].1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment619a54fe6b17100
WentuIt's BLACK's turn again.
You can move the checker from column 5 to column 6 and by doing so, 3 of the opponent's checkers in the same column will be dragged backwards.
After that, just look at the game as it unfolds till the end!1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment619a5518c688b10square_4_1 1
WentuPhew! It has been a hard-fought battle but here we are.
BLACK will soon have the opportunity to win by having all of his/her checkers on the same column and adjacent to one another.
!!! The remaining 3 red checkers on top of the black stack will not prevent BLACK victory.
Notice that, to achieve victory, you can have your single stack of checkers in any of the 6 positions.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment619a56389f3b900
WentuThank you for watching this tutorial.
Have fun with Silo!1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment619a563f503f600
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