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Downtown. In F.A.O. Schwartz saw a game <u>CASTELLO</u> by Brio of Sweden. <br> | Downtown. In F.A.O. Schwartz saw a game <u>CASTELLO</u> by Brio of Sweden. <br> | ||
Each player has 30 pcs. Started as shown. <br> | |||
[Large diagram of a 21 x 15 grid board. 15 white circles are in each of the 2 leftmost columns. 15 black circles are in each of the 2 rightmost columns. 11 of the other interior spaces are marked with a * (asterisk). The play area seems to be divided into 3 'fields' of 7 columns each.] | |||
Pcs. move one space in any direction <br> | |||
or jump over pcs. friendly or enemy. <br> | |||
Enemy pieces are taken when jumped, but <br> | |||
there is a limit of 5. After the 5th the jumping pc. <br> | |||
stops immediately. <br> | |||
Object is to capture 4 towers, <s>which</u> 11 of which <br> | |||
are set up in the starred spaces. A tower is captured <br> | |||
by getting three pcs. orthogonally around it. <br> | |||
A player can only capture in the far field and in the <br> | |||
center field. One <s>capture</s> tower at least much be captured in the far <br> | |||
field before one in the center can be captured. A player may <br> | |||
place his pcs. next to towers in his near field, for defense. | |||
Rcd. a letter from <u>Dan Greenwood</u> asking him for some descriptive <br> | |||
material to go with the Xerox picture of <u>GETTYSBURG</u>, <br> | |||
and <u>ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR II</u>. <br> | |||
Rcd. 3 of | |||