Fanorona

Fanorona () is a strategy board game for two players. The game is indigenous to Madagascar.

==Rules== Fanorona has three standard versions: Fanoron-Telo, Fanoron-Dimy, and Fanoron-Sivy. The difference between these variants is the size of board. Fanoron-Telo is played on a 3×3 board and the difficulty can be compared to the game of Tic-tac-toe. Fanoron-Dimy is played on a 5×5 board and Fanoron-Sivy is played on a 9×5 board—Sivy being the most popular. The Sivy board consists of lines and intersections that create a grid with 5 rows and 9 columns subdivided diagonally to form part of the tetrakis square tiling of the plane. A line represents the path where a stone can move during the game. There are weak and strong intersections. At a weak intersection, it is only possible to move a stone horizontally and vertically, while on a strong intersection, it is also possible to move a stone diagonally. A stone can only move from one intersection to an adjacent intersection. Black and white pieces, twenty-two each, are arranged on all points except the center. The objective of the game is to capture all the opponents pieces. The game is a draw if neither player succeeds in this.