Game variant: Transverse Game

The game board needs to be turned 90°. The players still have a white hexagon on their lower right hand side. The lower horizontal row must show the numbers 8,24,40,56. The pawns may only advance straight forward just like their chess-brothers. When they face each other squarely they block each other. They may exchange place with the other colour on the 30° angle.

• Remarks: The six laureates end in mirror position. When we consider the game-board form this position with the blunt side of the hexagons facing the players, it resembles the chess board somewhat. In this position the movement of the pioneers must be limited otherwise they would be able to reach far too many spaces with their double first move. This is why their movement resembles that of their very restricted chess-brothers.

Game report Transverse game

Begin position Transverse game
Hexagon numbers white	Mp	Hexagon numbers black
40	Regent	32
25	Magister	33
24,41	Minister	17,48
9,56	Wise man	16,49
8,57	Templar	1,64
7,10,32,26,39,42,55,58	Pioneer	2,15,18,31,34,47,50,63

 

Game diagrams Transverse game
Begin position	End position
Hover the ponter over the game boards to reveal the hexagon numbers

 

End position Transverse game
Hexagon numbers white	Mp	Hexagon numbers black
32	Regent	40
33	Magister	25
17,48	Minister	24,41
16,49	Wise man	9,56
1,64	Templar	8,57
2,15,18,31,34,47,50,63	Pioneer	7,10,23,26,39,42,55,58

 

Game notation Transverse game Explanation of abbreviations and symbols
White    (or the lighter color)		Black    (or the darker color)
z	n hn x n hn (...)	z	n hn x n hn (...)
1	ma25 x pi63 (la1)	1	ma33 x pi07 (la1)
2	la33 x ma07 (p)	2	la25 x ma63 (p)
3	mi41 x pi15 (la2)	3	mi17 x pi55 (la2)
4	la17 x mi55 (p)	4	la41 x mi15 (p)
5	pi10 - 12	5	pi50 - 52
6	mi24 - 10	6	mi48 - 50
7	mi41 - 54	7	mi17 - 14
8	mi54 x pi31	8	mi14 x pi39
9	mi10 x pi34 (h1)	9	mi50 x pi26 (h1)
10	mi31 - 17   (r1)	10	mi26 - 24   (r1)
11	mi34 - 48   (r2)	11	mi39 - 41   (r2)
12	ma25 x re32	12	ma33 x re40
13	la07 - 11	13	la63 - 51
14	te08 x pi02 (la3)	14	te64 x pi58 (la3)
15	te57 x te58 (h2)	15	te01 x te02 (h2)
16	wi09 - 06	16	wi49 - 62
17	la64 - 49	17	la08 - 09
18	te58 x wi62	18	te02 x wi06
19	wi56 x wi58 (h3)	19	wi16 x wi02 (h3)
20	te62 - 64   (r3)	20	te06 - 08   (r3)
21	la11 - 06	21	la51 - 62
22	la49 - 27	22	la09 - 35
23	la06 x wi02 (r4)	23	la62 x wi58 (r4)
24	wi62 - 49   (r5)	24	wi06 - 09   (r5)
25	la55 - 39	25	la15 - 31
26	pi14 - 15   (r6)	26	pi54 - 55   (r6)
27	la39 x pi52 (h4)	27	la31 x pi12 (h4)
28	la27 - 26   (p)	28	la35 - 34   (p)
29	pi23 - 21	29	pi47 - 45
30	la26 x pi45 (h5)	30	la34 x pi21 (h5)
31	la45 x la21 (p)	31	la45 - 47   (p)
32	la21 - 23   (p)	32	la47 x pi42 (h6,r7,s)
33	la23 x pi18 (h6,r7,s)	33	la12 - 05
34	la52 - 62	34	la05 - 06
35	la62 - 63   (r8)	35	la06 - 07   (r8)
36*	re33 x ma32 (slz2)	36*	re25 x ma40 (slz2)

  

Remarks:

• 36*. The key move of friendship: the final peace move of four moving parts, two sets of black an white regents and their magisters of the same colour, simulteneously exchange place.
  Both regents com on a white hexagon next to their magister.
• The addition of the number of redemptions (h) + realisations (r) + key move = 16
  In this Transverse game: (h6) + (r8) + (slz2) = 16