Leap Frog (board Game) - Game Play and Rules

Game Play and Rules

1. All the pieces are laid out on the board at the beginning of the game. For the multi-colored version (Murray's version), the four colored pieces are distributed randomly throughout the board. Green pieces are worth 4 points, red pieces are worth 3 points, yellow pieces are worth 2 points, and white pieces are worth 1 point.

2. Each player removes one piece from the board for their first capture.

3. Players decide who starts first. Players alternate their turns.

4. All moves must be capturing moves (short leap method). A piece from the board is chosen by a player on their turn, and is used to leap over piece(s) on the board which are captured and removed from the board. All leaps must be orthogonal (not diagonal). To be more specific, the chosen piece leaps over an orthogonally adjacent piece, and lands on a vacant space on the other side similarly as in draughts. Multiple captures are allowed as long as there exist exactly one vacant space in between the pieces, and a vacant space beyond the last piece. During a multiple capture sequence, the chosen piece can change directions orthogonally. A player can decide how many captures to be made, but at least one piece must be captured in a player's turn. The chosen piece remains on the board at the end of its leap(s), and that player's turn ends.

5. If on a player's turn a capture is no longer possible, the game ends, and the player with the most pieces (original version) or the most points (Murray's version) wins the game.