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How Palpal-gonu works
- Each player starts with 8 pieces lined up on their own edge of an 8x8-point board.
- Move one piece per turn, one step along a line.
- Trap an enemy piece between two of yours in a straight line to capture it.
- Win by reducing your opponent to one piece, or leaving them with no legal move.
- If 40 moves in a row (both sides counted) pass with no capture, the game is a draw.
Part of the Jul-gonu family
The widest of Korean Gonu's "line" variants — "팔팔" means "eight eight," for 8 pieces a side. Same sandwich-capture rules as Jul-gonu and Daseotjul-gonu, just with much more room to maneuver.