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How to play Pawn Wars

You play the white pawns. Black has eight pawns too, and nothing else.

You win if you get one pawn all the way to the other side, if you capture all of Black's pawns, or if Black can't move at all while you still can.

Pawns move straight ahead, one square at a time (or two on their first move), and capture diagonally. They never go backwards. If nobody can move, it's a draw.

Pawn Wars

You play eight white pawns against eight black pawns, and nothing else. Some teachers call it the pawn game. You win by getting one pawn to the far side of the board, by capturing all of Black's pawns, or by leaving Black with no legal move while you still have one. If neither side can move, it's a draw.

Pawns are the trickiest piece for a beginner: they move straight ahead but capture diagonally, and they can never go backwards. Playing with nothing but pawns makes those rules second nature, and it teaches the idea of a passed pawn, one with nothing in front of it to stop it.

There is no en passant in this game. Three difficulty levels change how far ahead Black looks, and on easy Black will often play a bad move on purpose so a beginner can win.