Speed Soccolot rules

Speed Soccolot is played on a 7×7 (speed variant, shown left) or 8×8 (original variant, shown right) board:

A B C D E F G 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 A B C D E F G
A B C D E F G H 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 A B C D E F G H

Each turn players act with one of their , doing one of three things:

  • to an empty adjacent square
  • If adjacent to (the ball) they can:
    • , which is the same as except also moves a step in the same direction
    • the ball any number of empty squares in a straight line away from the acting

Adjacency includes diagonals.

Win by getting to the opponent home row (or lose by getting it into your own)!