The rules to Ataxx are very simple. There are four kinds of things
on the board, open spaces, player 1's blobs, player 2's blobs, and
blocks (the green squares). You can either spawn one of your blobs
into an adjacent open space or jump into an open space one square
away. To visually get an idea of these rules simply grab one of your
blobs (in this case a red blob) by holding down the mouse button on top of
it and then drag it around the board. You should notice that when you pass
over a legal move the blob is bright red but when the move is illegal
the blob is dark red. Also notice that if the potential move involves
jumping your source blob will disappear.
To make a move just let go of the mouse button. Now any enemy blobs adjacent
to your new blob will become your blobs! To win you just have to
end up (the game
is over when there are no more free spaces) with the most blobs. Blocks
simply are, they never go anywhere or do anything, much like the average
Case student.
Try out your new skills on the sample board below.
Step here to play ataxx.
BaCK!