Trap the Cap Board Layout and Labelling

The board

Given the rules and board layout (right), we can start to label the pieces and places.

• The six home bases are labelled 'A' .. 'F'.
• 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.
• The locations on the board are given in terms of the nearest home base.
• The player's home base is given the label 'A' for player A, and so on.
• Places around the rim are counted clockwise from the home base, given labels 'A1', 'A2' ... 'A6'.
• Places on the spokes are labelled, from the outside in, 'AC1', 'AC2' ... 'AC5'
• The central space is, simultaneously, 'AC6', 'BC6', 'CC6'...