Jungle is a two player, abstract conflict game played on a 7x9 board.
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Pieces capture by replacement. You may not capture your own pieces. You may not capture a higher number piece than your capturing piece, with 2 exceptions:
To jump, move the Lion or Tiger across the water horizontally or vertically to the next dry land square. Any enemy piece of equal or lesser rank on this square is captured.
You may not make a move which produces a position that has already occurred twice before in the game on your turn, if the piece you are moving is capable of capturing the piece your opponent just moved (outside of your own traps). Position in this case is the arrangement of all the pieces on the board.
Red may not chase the Dog back and forth indefinitely between 5i and 6i.
If each time the Tiger moves to 5g or 6g the Rat blocks the jump by moving to 5e or 6e, the Tiger must cease shuttling back and forth before the same position occurs for a third time.
A more extensive write up of Jungle can be found in R.C. Bell's coffee table book, The Board Game Book.
Rules write up by David Bush of Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
dbush@csugrad.cs.vt.edu July 19, 1993Edited by Ken Tidwell, April 4, 1994.