Attempt to clarify installation instructions a little
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2 | Pieces turn around the board, they cannot go in the middle.
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5 Each side has only a king, two rooks, one bishop and two pawns.
6 Pieces can never enter the central area.
7 Pawns can only move "clockwise", acording to the image below: they move
8 and capture forward straight and diagonally in the arrow direction.
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10figure
11 img.img-center(src="/variants/Rollerball/rollerball_directions.gif")
12 figcaption.text-center.
13 Main directions on the board.
14 The squares where direction changes are enlighted with white arrows.
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16p.
17 When a pawn reaches the starting square of an enemy pawn, it promotes
18 into a bishop or rook.
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20p.
21 Rooks and bishop move as usual, but are restricted to one square only when
22 moving counter-clockwise.
23 Moreover, they are allowed one rebound in certain circumstances:
24ul
25 li a bishop rebounds on the first wall met,
26 li a rook rebounds (at 90 degrees) if it reaches a corner.
27
28figure
29 img.img-center(src="/variants/Rollerball/rook_example.gif")
30 figcaption.text-center Some rook movements.
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32p.
33 The king moves as in orthodox chess.
34 The goal is either to bring your king on the initial square of the
35 opponent's king, or to checkmate him.
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37h3 More information
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39p
40 | See the
41 a(href="http://history.chess.free.fr/rollerball.htm") author's presentation
42 | , and the
43 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/40.dir/rollerball/index.html")
44 | chessvariants page
45 | .
46
47p Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux (1998)