Poblano

Poblano, a Pygame clone of the board game Abalone

About the game

From Wikipedia: "Abalone is a two-player strategy board game which can be quaintly summarized as 'sumo wrestling with marbles', as the objective is to push opposing marbles off the edge of the board. The rules can be mastered in a minute or two, and the flow of the game is fast-paced."

As with Conway's Game of Life, Abalone has a simple ruleset and rich resulting behavior. Although the default configuration has been known to lead to stalemates, for alternate configurations used in championship matches Abalone is as yet an unsolved game. We'd like to bring this exciting and interesting game to the XO.

Plan for Game Jam

Objectives:

• Basic UI and graphics
• Encode Abalone ruleset
• Additional program logic
• Splash screen or intro animation
• Alternate start configurations
• Computer player AI

Rules for Abalone

Wikipedia

Board: 61 circles, 5/side

    I O O O O O
   H O O O O O O
  G + + O O O + +
 F + + + + + + + +
E + + + + + + + + +
 D + + + + + + + + 9
  C + + @ @ @ + + 8
   B @ @ @ @ @ @ 7
    A @ @ @ @ @ 6
       1 2 3 4 5

14 marbles/player

Black moves first

“Move”: line of one, two, or 3 marbles one space inline or broadside Numerical superiority (three to two, three to one, or two to one) allows a push. Push ONLY inline, NOT broadside.

Winner: first to push 6 opposing marbles off.