Skewer

1level 2yours 2house 0best

How to play

SkewerTurn the house's pawns

Four pawns in the middle, two each. Drop a pawn on a square from which a straight line of the house's pawns, along a rank, a file or a diagonal, ends in one of yours: the whole line is skewered and turns. Yours stand solid, the house's hollow. When the board is full or neither side can drop, the bigger army wins.

RulesWhat counts, what ends it

A drop must skewer at least one pawn. The squares that do are lit.
No square to drop on, you pass and the house goes again; the same for the house.
The first drop alternates: you open the odd games, the house the even.
The house looks ahead as many moves as the level plus one. Win and it looks one further; lose and it looks one less. Best is the highest level you have reached.

ControlsKeys, taps and the address

Tap a lit square: drop a pawn there
Arrows, Enter: move the mark, drop under it
R: restart the game
?seed=N: the house breaks its ties the same way