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<title>Games of Towers - BREAKTHROUGH</title>
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<h1 align="center"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times" color="#333333"><strong><font face="Arial Black">BREAKTHROUGH</font></strong><!--mstheme--></font></h1>
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<p align="center"><strong><font size="3">Copyright (c) 1984 <a href="mailto:christian@mindsports.net">Christian
Freeling</a></font></strong></p>
<p align="left"><font size="3" face="Arial">This game is played on a 9x5 square
board with the following setup:</font></p>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>WALL</b> - The dotted cells of the
diagram.</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>STACKS</b> - One or more stones
stacked together.</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">Stacks have a maximum capacity. Two
stones at the three central columns, and just one at the side
columns.</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>Explosions</b> - If a stack
exceeds its capacity, it explodes. Then, it shoots its stones to
the adjacent forward and sideways cells.</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">For the central columns: one man
forward, one to the left and one to the right</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">For the side columns one man
forward and one sideways</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">The remainder, if any, stays on
the original cell</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">If one of those cells are
occupied by an enemy piece, that piece is captured. There's an
exception: if the enemy piece is at the last row, it is the
stone from the exploding stack that's captured.</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">An explosion may produce a chain
reaction. If more than one stack must explode, it is the
player that defines the order of those explosions. </font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>MOVE</b> - A piece moves diagonally
forward or backward any number of empty cells.</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">When moving forwards (not backwards)
the piece stop if it reaches a wall.</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">On top of a wall, the piece cannot
move forward, except by explosion.</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial">A piece may stop on top of a
friendly piece (and both are stacked together). The new stacked
piece has the same moving capabilities.</font>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>TURN
- </strong>On each turn, each player moves a piece or pass his turn.</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>GOAL</strong> - Wins the player
that moves one of his pieces into the last row.</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td>
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<td valign="top" width="528"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><font face="Arial"><strong>An example</strong></font>
<p><font size="3" face="Arial">White may open by moving b2-a1 producing
an explosion and a chain reaction. The a1 stack explodes sending one
stone to b1 and another to a2. Then the b1 stack also explodes, moving a
stone to c1 and another to b1. The left diagram shows the final
position.</font>
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<p><font size="3" face="Arial">Some words from the author: <i>Strategy is
obvious: you need an explosion from the far wall to get beyond. Side columns
explode fastest, so A7 and E7 appear obvious targets for white to get two men
on. The drawback of this strategy is that, if successful, it gets a man across
on the sidecolumn on A8 or E8, where a defender can block it with a single man
on B9 or D9. If however the attacker next successfully targets the same square
again by a second explosion from the same square on the wall he wins because
this would cause the square on the eighth row to explode. Breakthrough was
featured in Games Magazine (january 1984), but has since then undergone a minor
change in the rules.</i></font></p>
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