Game of stones, or Sekk…

My game, “Sekk”

Back in the 2010s, I postulated a game with 12 pieces in 16 squares. It was based on anthropological science and I figured it should be playable -somehow. Though it never was.

I was fired up to fix the rules after watching a game of “Dao” on YouTube. So here they are:

1. Players choose to play gray or red stones. Red are the attackers who must try to occupy all the corner bases though not necessarily at once. Gray are the defenders.
2. The pieces have different powers and do not take off other pieces, simply shift, block, or deny them.
3. Eat, being next to, a piece is unable to take a base (or power on?)
4. Divert, being next to, a piece is unable to move horizontally or vertically
5. Exchange, being next to, a piece may be switched positions with
6. Create, any red piece may teleport next to create
7. Man, woman, father, and mother have super powers. A man can cause pieces to divide along any line. A woman can cause a string of pieces to deactivate for one turn. A father can send any string of pieces to the sides of the board. A mother can gather a string of pieces into a clump