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Quantum (board game)
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Quantum is an abstract strategy board game
for two players, invented by Philip Slater and published by Lazy Days in 1975. It has similarities to chess
and checkers.
The variant described here uses an 8 by 8 board.
Instead of taking enemy pieces as in chess, a player builds up vertically stacked pieces by moving onto enemy pieces.
There are three types of piece: squares move only along ranks and files (horizontals and verticals, a little like rooks in chess
); circles move only diagonally (a little like bishops in chess
); and queens (shown by the plus symbol) can move in all eight directions.
The distance that a piece may move is determined by the number of pieces in its stack. All pieces are initially single pieces, and may move only a single square. (In a rule variation, a single piece may also jump over a single piece of the same colour, thus travelling two squares.)
Stacks that are 2, 3, 4, or 5 pieces high may move any distance up to 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. The colour of a piece, and the type of move it may make, are determined by the colour and type of the top piece in the stack. Thus a queen remains a queen, whatever it jumps on.
Stacks of pieces that are 6 high or more may not move.
It is not permitted to jump over any piece (except as described in the rule variation above) nor to land on a piece of one's own colour. A move may lead one piece to land on an enemy piece of the other colour; when this happens, a single piece is created, with the moving piece on top. It is not permitted to move onto stacks that are 6 high or more.
The aim of the game is to be the first player to have three stacks of height 6 or more.
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
for two players, invented by Philip Slater and published by Lazy Days in 1975. It has similarities to chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
and checkers.
Rules
The game as marketed was played on a special rectangular board and several variants of the rules were possible.The variant described here uses an 8 by 8 board.
Instead of taking enemy pieces as in chess, a player builds up vertically stacked pieces by moving onto enemy pieces.
There are three types of piece: squares move only along ranks and files (horizontals and verticals, a little like rooks in chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
); circles move only diagonally (a little like bishops in chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
); and queens (shown by the plus symbol) can move in all eight directions.
The distance that a piece may move is determined by the number of pieces in its stack. All pieces are initially single pieces, and may move only a single square. (In a rule variation, a single piece may also jump over a single piece of the same colour, thus travelling two squares.)
Stacks that are 2, 3, 4, or 5 pieces high may move any distance up to 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. The colour of a piece, and the type of move it may make, are determined by the colour and type of the top piece in the stack. Thus a queen remains a queen, whatever it jumps on.
Stacks of pieces that are 6 high or more may not move.
It is not permitted to jump over any piece (except as described in the rule variation above) nor to land on a piece of one's own colour. A move may lead one piece to land on an enemy piece of the other colour; when this happens, a single piece is created, with the moving piece on top. It is not permitted to move onto stacks that are 6 high or more.
The aim of the game is to be the first player to have three stacks of height 6 or more.