It identifies the player with the Move.

The Move remains with the player until the Token is passed to the next player.

While in possession of the Token, a player may move and return any number of his pieces, one at a time, to determine which move is the best.

The player with the Move may not pass the Token without moving one of his pieces from the position it was in before receiving the Token.

The Token is considered to be passed when the player with the Move places it in front of the next player in the play sequence, and releases it.

Optionally, on only the first move, the Militant can move two spaces foreword across two flats, including a move of one space and a capture. The Militant can never move two spaces then capture.

There is no Militant move that is the equivalent of the En Passant move in Chess.

Promotions

A Militant may be promoted when it achieves its Center Line or a Base Line. The Promotion must be perfromed before the Tokin is passed.

If a Militant advances onto or across its Center Line, it is the player's choice to promote it to any higher powered sibling piece except the Sovereign. The promotion is not limited to pieces that have been captured.

If the game is scored the player receives the point value equal to the capture points for the promoted piece (see Scoring The Game).

If the promoted piece is a Prelate, the next move of the piece qualifies as the Prelate first move (see The Prelates).

Hatted Militant

If a Militant reaches its Center Line and is not promoted, a Militant Promotion Hat is placed on the unpromoted Militant. The Militant is then referred to as a Hatted Militant. Hating is delayed until after the Militant moves if the Center Line spa ce is Ground Zero (see The Militant on Ground Zero).

If the game is scored, the Hatted Militant has twice the point value of a normal Militant (see Scoring The Game).

The movement and capturing of a Hatted Militant is the same as the Sovereign for the remainder of the game (see The Sovereign).

If a Hatted Militant reaches a Base Line, the player must choose one of three options before the Token is passed:

1. Promote the Hatted Militant to one piece

   The promoted piece may be any capital (non-Militant) playing piece including a captured or removed Sovereign.
   The promotion is not limited to pieces that have been captured.

   The promoted piece is a sibling
   In this case, the promoted piece takes the place of the Promoted Militant on the board.

   If the game is scored the player receives the point value equal to twice the capture points for the promoted piece (see Scoring The Game).

   The promoted piece is not a sibling
   In this case, the promoted piece may take the place of the Promoted Militant on the board or it may be placed on any empty Base Line space of the promoted piece's color.

   If the game is scored the promoting player and the promoted player receive the point value for the promoted piece equal to the retention points for the promoted piece for a draw game (see Scoring The Gam e).

   The promoted piece is a Sovereign that is not on the board (see Sovereign Resurrection)
   In this case, the resurrected Sovereign may take the place of the Promoted Militant on the board or it may be placed on any empty Base Line space of the resurected Sovereign's color.

   If the game is scored the player receives the point value equal to twice the capture points for the resurrected Sovereign (see Scoring The Game).

2. Promote the Hatted Militant to two pieces

   The promoted pieces may be any capital (non-Militant) playing pieces excluding a captured or removed Sovereign.
   The promotion is not limited to pieces that have been captured.

   Both promoted pieces are siblings
   In this case, one of the promoted pieces replaces the Hatted Militant. The other promoted piece is located in any empty space on the promoting Base Line or in any empty space on the Hatted Militant's home Base Line.

   If the game is scored the player receives twice the point value equal to the capture points for both of the promoted pieces (see Scoring The Game).

   Both promoted pieces are from other active Sovereigns
   In this case, one of the promoted pieces replaces the Hatted Militant. The other promoted piece is located in any empty space on the promoting Base Line or any empty space on the promoted piece's home Base Line.

   If the game is scored the promoting player receives the point value for both the promoted pieces equal to the retention points for those pieces for a draw game and the promoted players each receive the point value for their promoted piece equal to th e retention points for their promoted piece for a draw game (see Scoring The Game).

   One promoted piece ia a sibling and one promoted piece is from some other active Sovereign
   In this case, the promoted sibling piece replaces the Hatted Militant. The other color promoted piece is located in any empty space on the promoting Base Line or any empty space on the promoted piece's home Base Line.

   If the game is scored the promoting player receives twice the point value equal to the capture points for the sibling promoted piece and the promoting player and the promoted player each receive the point value for the promoted piece equal to the ret ention points for a draw game (see Scoring The Game).

3. Do not promote the Hatted Militant

   In this case the movement and capturing of the Hatted Militant remains unchanged.

   If the game is scored no scoring occurs.

Sovereign Resurrection

If the promoted piece is a captured or removed Sovereign, the Sovereign is said to have been resurrected. In this case, all of the resurrected Sovereign's pieces that remain on the board return to play. The player that executed the resurrection mus t play his own and the resurrected Sovereign's pieces (in normal playing order) for the remainder of the game. The resurrected Sovereign does not have to be that of the achieved Base Line. The resurrected Sovereign may be placed on any available spac e in its own base line or in the space of the Militant that resurrected the Sovereign.

Unlike the other capital pieces, there may not be more than one Sovereign of each color active on the board. So promotion notation does not apply to a resurrected Sovereign.

The move ends at the edge of the board, at a piece or a capture.

The Alcazar may not move over other pieces.

1. Three flats along any flat axis, then two flats diagonally away from the third space.
2. Two flats along any flat axis, then one flat diagonally away from the second space.

The Cavalier can not move over the Out of Bounds areas.

The Prelate may not jump other pieces.

Movement ends:

• after ten spaces
• at the edge of the board
• at a piece
• with a capture

There are three mutually exclusive sets of line axes on the board. With patients you can verify this by examining the board.

Example 1: From their starting positions, neither Prelate can get to Ground Zero with any combination of moves.

Example 2: From any space on the board, there is no combination of moves that can end with the Prelate in any of the six spaces that adjoin the starting space.

Both of your Prelates begin on the same line axis.

Prelate Flower Move

A special move is allowed each Prelate as the last element of its first move. This move is called a Prelate Flower.

This move exists to allow you to shift the Prelate to a line axis other than the one it begins on.

On the first move only, the Prelate has the option of changing to any adjoining space at the end of his line movement.

The Prelate Flower may include a capture.

The Flower movement is performed after the movement along the current line axis is ended.

The Alcazar finishes the move in the Prelate starting space.

The capture is also called a shot.

The Archer must move before it can capture.

The Archer shoots over intervening spaces and pieces. These are not affected by the shot.

The Archer may only capture on a shot. He can not capture by moving into a space occupied by another piece.

Movement is blocked if the move space is occupied.

The Archer can not shoot over the Out of Bounds areas between Base Lines.

To avoid clutter, the illustrations describe only one possible move.

This diagram illustrates the moves that begin across flats.

In the first part of the move, the Archer moves to one of the spaces numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.