Ataxx is played on a
7×7 board
with the following setup:
Players take turn to act with their
, doing one of two things:
to an empty square
two steps away (allowing diagonals)
by spawning a new
in an empty adjacent square
In both cases, after acting, all enemy
adjacent to the target square are taken over by the acting player.
When the board is full, the player with the most
wins!
To the left
Player 1 is pondering
whether to make
a1
to
b1 (middle) or
to
c2 (right).
Both options have drawbacks; the
gives up the corner,
but the leaves
Player 2 with the
last remaining empty square in this region. Here, the
is likely the better
move.