<html> <head> <title>Trap the Cap Board Layout</title> </head> <body> <h1><a href="index.html">Trap the Cap</a> Board Layout and Labelling</h1> <table border=1 align=right> <tr><td><a href="schematic-board.png"><img src="schematic-board-thumb.png"></a></td></tr> <tr><td>The board</a></td></tr> </table> <p>Given <a href="trap-the-cap.pdf">the rules</a> and board layout (right), we can start to label the pieces and places.</p> <ul> <li>The six home bases are labelled 'A' .. 'F'.</li> <li>The six playing pieces for each player each have their own names: A1.. A6 for player A, B1..B6 for player B, and so on.</li> <li>The locations on the board are given in terms of the nearest home base.</li> <li>The player's home base is given the label 'A' for player A, and so on.</li> <li>Places around the rim are counted clockwise from the home base, given labels 'A1', 'A2' ... 'A6'.</li> <li>Places on the spokes are labelled, from the outside in, 'AC1', 'AC2' ... 'AC5'</li> <li>The central space is, simultaneously, 'AC6', 'BC6', 'CC6'...</li> </ul> </body> </html>