Serauqs rules

Serauqs is played on a 4×4 board with the following setup:

A B C D 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 A B C D

As a first move players must one of their to a .

After that they take turn to a or one step in any direction to an empty square.

They then immediately win if their units - optionally also including the opponent - form any of these patterns:

  • occupy all four corners
  • occupy all four central squares
  • have four units in a line, including diagonals but excluding starting row

These examples are all a win for Player 2:

A B C D 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 A B C D
A B C D 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 A B C D
A B C D 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 A B C D