KHARBAGA - BOARD GAME

Kharbaga is a two-player abstract strategy game from North
Africa. In a way, it is a miniature version of Zamma; however,
there are more diagonal lines per square on the board as
compared to Zamma. The game is considered part of the Zamma
family.
1. Player decide which colors to play, and who starts first.
2. The board is filled in the beginning with all the players
pieces. The only point vacant on the board is the middle
point. Each player's pieces are placed on their half of the
board, and lined up on the right-hand side of the 5th. rank
(the middle horizontal line of the grid board).
3. Players alternate their turns. A non-Mullah piece moves
forward only (straight forward or diagonally forward)
one space per turn following the pattern on the board
until they are crowned Mullah by reaching the last rank.
Only one piece may be moved or used to capture enemy
piece(s) per turn.
4. A non-Mullah piece may capture an enemy piece by the short
leap as in draughts or Alquerqe. The capture can be in any
direction. Multiple captures are allowed, however, the line
with the most captures must be taken. Captures are
compulsory for non-Mullah and Mullah pieces.
5. When a piece reaches the other player's rank, it is
promoted to Mullah. The Mullah can move and capture in any
direction. It can also move any number of spaces as in the
King in international draughts. The Mullah can also capture
an enemy piece from any distance, and land anywhere
behind the captured piece provided there are no other
pieces (friendly or not) within the spaces of the leap. If
playing a variant where enemy pieces are not removed
immediately when captured, the Mullah can not go back to
any of them and leap them again. However, in a variant
where captured pieces are removed immediately, the Mullah
can leap over them again in order to leap another enemy
piece(s).
6. If a non-Mullah piece reaches the other player's rank as an
intermediate step of a capturing sequence, the piece does
not get promoted to Mullah.