Inspired by Urdu "Teen" (three) — a playful, minimalist game of fast-paced
strategy
🎯 Objective
- Each player has 3 stones.
- The goal is to remove all of the opponent’s stones.
- A player loses when they have no stones left on the board.
⚙️ Game Setup
- Players take turns placing one stone at a time on any ⚪ (empty spot).
- After both players have placed their 3 stones (6 total on board), movement begins.
🚶 Movement Rules
- Stones can move to an orthogonally adjacent empty ⚪: up, down, left, or right.
- Diagonal movement is not allowed.
- You cannot move through or onto a space that is already occupied.
🎯 Capture Rule
- You can capture an opponent's stone if:
- Your stone is on one side of a line of 3 ⚪ in a straight row or column.
- The middle ⚪ is occupied by an opponent's stone.
- The far-end ⚪ is empty.
- Then, you may jump over the opponent's stone into the far ⚪.
- The opponent's stone is removed from the board.
- ✅ This move is like jumping in checkers, but only allowed orthogonally.
⛔ Blocked Moves
- If a player has no valid moves, they must skip their turn.
- You cannot jump over two stones at once or make diagonal captures.
🏆 Winning
- The game ends when one player has no stones left on the board.
- The opponent is then declared the winner.