Go with the floe is played on a 8×8 board with the following setup:

Player 1 controls 2 (seals) and Player 2 controls 2 (polar bears). There are three different actions which players take turns to perform:

• Both and can move like a chess queen but only up to 2 spaces, to a free square. Squares that units leave and pass through are destroyed, represented by (holes).

• They can also jump over an adjacent to a free square beyond it.

• Player 2 can also opt to have her eat an adjacent , which will destroy both the and the .

There are two victory conditions:

• safeseal: If a is in an unreachable spot, Player 1 wins
• sealseaten: If both are eaten, Player 2 wins