Luzhanqi


Tokens of the Luzhanqi, on the side where you can read the names.

The luzhanqi (whose translation into Castilian would be "game of the terrestrial war"), is a game of strategy table that has its origin in China. Description

This is a relatively modern game that has many aspects in common with the western game stratego and enjoys remarkable popularity in China.

As in the stratego, the pieces represent military units and move on a board which, in the case of luzhanqi, contains representations of geographical features, such as lakes. As in the stratego, the value of each piece remains hidden.

There are two variants: with or without referee. In the variant with referee is the one that in the case of combat examines what the value of the pieces and determines which is the winning piece. The exact value of the enemy piece remains thus unknown to the players. In the variant without referee, the value of the pieces is discovered when they enter into combat and it is the players themselves that determine which piece is triumphant. Rules Board used in the game.

Each player has the following pieces in their possession:

The board consists of four rectangles with dotted lines representing the train tracks. The two larger rectangles are 5x5 lines, divided by horizontal, vertical and diagonal (two larger from tip to tip and four joining the halves of the sides forming a rhombus) that do not have dotted lines. In the second and fourth intersections of the second and fourth row of the larger rectangles are the trenches. In the center of each major rectangle there is a fifth trench. Each normal space is marked with a rectangle. Both major rectangles are joined by three dotted lines, with a space in between. These lines form the smaller rectangles already mentioned. Below each major rectangle there is a more composed row of an intersection, a fortress (represented as a rectangle with a semicircle), an intersection, another fortress and a last intersection.

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