May 12, 2026

Granat

Granat is a 1979 uncredited game, published at Bütehorn Spiele.

Each player has 14 pieces and two balls that start in the following setup:

The pieces with the balls are called grenade stones; the other pieces are called field stones.

Rules

  • On her turn, the player either moves a grenade stone, a field stone, or a ball.
    • Field stones move to an adjacent empty position, or make a short-jump capture (see below) 
    • Grenade stones slide over a line of empty positions, or make a long-jump capture 
    • A ball can be transferred between two friendly pieces either by line-of-sight in the player's half of the board; or adjacency on the adversary's half of the board
  • Opponent’s pieces are captured by jumping over them.
    • Capturing is mandatory. 
    • Captured pieces are immediately removed from the game.
    • Field stones can capture opposing pieces only from a directly adjacent space.
    • Grenade stones can capture single opposing pieces from any distance (by jumping over them), but only in a straight line. 
  • The game ends as soon as all the opponent’s pieces have been captured.
    • The game can end in a draw if two grenade stones are facing each other (not necessarily over the marked lines). 

example given of two grenades facing each other

The available complete page:

The draw condition reminds me a bit of Xiang-Qi, the traditional Chinese Chess, where Kings cannot face each other. Here, however, given the moving range of grenade pieces, does seem an easy way out for a losing player.

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