Quoridor

A strategic board game on a 9×9 grid. Each player starts with a pawn on their baseline. On your turn, you either move your pawn one step or place a wall to block your opponent.

Rules

Movement

Your pawn can move one cell horizontally or vertically (not diagonally), as long as no wall blocks the path. If your pawn is adjacent to the opponent’s pawn, you can jump over them. If a wall is behind the opponent, you can jump diagonally instead.

Walls

Each wall spans exactly 2 cells and can be placed horizontally or vertically between cells. Each player starts with 10 walls. Once placed, walls cannot be moved.

The Golden Rule

You can never place a wall that completely blocks any player’s path to their goal row. There must always be at least one route.

Winning

The first player to reach any cell on their opponent’s starting row wins.

• Player 1 starts at row 0 (top), goal is row 8 (bottom)
• Player 2 starts at row 8 (bottom), goal is row 0 (top)