Partisans Variant Suggestion.

Introduction

Partisans is a drawless game for two players : White and Black. It is played on the spaces (squares) of a 10x10 square board. At the start of the game, white partisans are placed on the a4, g1, d10 and j7 squares, and black partisans are placed on a7, g10, d1 and j4. (different than amazons)

Play

White plays first, then turns alternate. On your turn, move a partisan of your color to an empty square in a straight orthogonal or diagonal line, without jumping over enemy pieces.

Then, place a stone of your color on an empty square that is a straight orthogonal or diagonal line away from the square onto which the partisan was moved, with no enemy pieces in between along that line. This is called shooting.

Note that partisans can move and shoot over friendly partisans and stones as well as over empty squares.

To compensate for the advantage of moving first, White is not allowed to shoot on their first turn, but they must still move a partisan.

If you have no moves available on your turn, you lose.

Notes

Partisans is based on Amazons, a game designed by Walter Zamkauskas in 1992. Partisans was invented by Luis Bolaños Mures

Basically partisans is the same game as amazons with the exception that the arrows show from the partisans belong to the player that shot them. These controlled arrows allow that player to travel through but not land on them.

In my opinion this would be a great variant to add to the Little Golem website as it is very similar to amazons but plays vastly different. One of my complaints about amazons is that the end games feel very anti climactic. This is often remedied in partisans as movement is increased for both players.

Interesting.

Is this game available anywhere online at the moment. Would love to check it out.

It has a board game geek page but with very little on it. the only time I’ve played it is with the custom settings on IGGamecenter. it made an impression on me.