Salpakan Tactics Preparing the battlefield
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Field manual

How to command

01

Deploy

Place all 21 pieces anywhere within your nearest three rows. Enemy ranks stay hidden.

02

Advance

Move one square forward, backward, left, or right. Diagonal movement is not allowed.

03

Challenge

Enter an enemy square to attack. The stronger rank survives; equal ranks eliminate each other.

04

Win

Capture the enemy Flag, or land yours on the far row and survive the opponent’s next turn.

Combat doctrine

Piece intelligence

Challenge: move onto an enemy square. The winner remains there. Matching pieces eliminate one another, except an attacking Flag captures a defending Flag.