KoWaRa is a two-player strategy game that is played on a board with nine Squares. The game pieces are two sets of colored STONEs, each set containing four STONEs. The Goal of the game is to be the first player to move all four of their STONEs to the opposite side of the board.
1. To begin the game, each player takes two STONEs of their color and places them on the two starting Squares on either side of the board.
2. Players take Turns making moves. On each Turn, a player can move one of their STONEs either one SquareHorizontally, one Square vertically, or one Square diagonally.
3. If a STONE is moved to a Square occUpied by an opposing STONE, the opposing STONE is captured and removed from the board.
4. The game ends when one player has successfully moved all of their STONEs to the opposite side of the board. That player is the winner.
5. If both players get stuck and can’t make any further moves, the game is a draw.