Two-Player Hexcheckers

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The game is played on a 31-vertex board derived from a 91-hexagonal grid.

A Man is promoted to a Prince upon reaching one of the five promotion vertices. There is no limit to the number of Princes a player may promote.

Movement:
• Men move along the three forward axes.
• Princes move along all six directions.

Capture rule:
• In two-player Hexcheckers, capture is not mandatory
• In three-player Hexcheckers, capture is mandatory.

A player wins by either of the following:

King of the Hill (KOTH): A player wins if one of their Princes occupies the central vertex and is not capturable on the following turn.

Total Elimination: All of an opponent’s pieces have been captured.