Setup:
Pieces included: 1x Prisoner 3x Guards 1x Board
To set up the board, begin by placing the BLACK prisoner piece in the middle of the light blue 3×3 grid, that is where the prisoner will begin the game. Place the 3 guard pieces in the 3 red squares around the board. Before the game starts, players must decide which pieces they will be and can be decided amongst themselves, or with a single die.
Locations:
The light blue area is where the prisoner spawns into the game, guards may not enter the light blue area. The prisoner, though, is allowed to move one space diagonally rather than vertically and horizontally in the light blue area if he chooses to do so.
The grass area (courtyard) is a special area that can help the prisoner. Since this is an outside area, the prisoner may move one extra space if he chooses to do so. The guards cannot move any extra spaces inside of the courtyard and they continue to move normally.
Playing the game:
Once the pieces are on the board, the prisoner will go first by moving either 1 or 2 spaces in any direction other than diagonal. The prisoner may only move in one direction though (EX: If you are moving right on the board 1 space, your second space must also be in that direction.
Once the prisoner has moved, each guard takes their turn moving 1 space in any direction (INCLUDING DIAGONAL).
Goal: The goal is for the guards to intercept the prisoner before he leaves the prison on the top right of the board. Once the prisoner gets to the handcuff space, the prisoner wins the game and the guards lose (unless “No Man Left Behind” is called). If the guards get to the prisoner before he escapes, the guards win the game.
The game will be played best 2 out of 3 rounds (or however many sequential rounds you would like to play). If the prisoner makes it to the exit space before the guards and he believes he can make it back to the starting space before the guards catch him, he may return to the starting place for a chance to win the entire game. This must be stated by calling out “No Man Left Behind”.
For the sake of the game not being impossible (which the point of the game is to make it extremely hard for the prisoner), guards may not enter the three surrounding spaces next to the handcuff space.