HiQue

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HiQue bills itself as "the missing link between Chess and Checkers". Play is on a 7x7 board, but the black and white squares are rotated 45 degrees so as to appear as diamonds to the players. There are 9 pieces per side: 5 "runners" and 4 "guards". The object is to get a runner from your back row to the opponent's back row. Runners may move one space forward or to either side, but not backwards. Guards may move any number of unobstructed spaces in any of the 4 directions. Due to the diamond formation, guards are always on black squares and runners always on white squares. Runners may be captured if 2 enemy guards occupy adjacent spaces. Multiple runners may be captured in one move of a guar…