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Swish & Squeeze
Swish & Squeeze are twin bead-capture games. The diagram shows one of countless initial set-ups for either. In both games each player has three 'hexagonal rooks' that move in the six main directions.
Object
There are 19 beads in the game. The first player to capture 10 of them wins.
Initial set-up The initial set-up is totally up to one player. He puts three white and three black rooks on the edge of the board and up to 19 'beads' on cells of the inner area. The bait In case the player decides to place less than 19 beads, the remainder is placed next to the board and called the bait. The diagram shows a one-bead bait. The pie Who moves first is decided by the second player: after the first player has completed an initial set-up he may choose to either:
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Swish This being settled, players move, and must move, in turn. Each player must, on his turn, move one of his rooks. A rook must always end its move on a vacant cell. It may move:
| Squeeze This being settled, players move, and must move, in turn. Each player must, on his turn, move one of his rooks. A rook must always end its move on a vacant cell.
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