Surakarta is an Indonesian board game, named after a Java city. Img 1. shows a game in progress. The board is a bit special, in that it has circles at each corner, which are used for attack.
Two players are needed. Each of them uses 12 pawns. The goal of the game is, to either wipe all the opponent's pawns off the board, or to end with a larger pawn count.
Each player starts with their pawns lined up in the outmost square, in two lines of 6 pawns. The pawns are placed on the crossings and moved over the lines. Moves can be made to each direction, from one crossing to the next free crossing: horizontally, vertically and diagonally. Jumping pawns is not allowed, and the circles can't be used for moving proper. They are used to hit. Each player in turn moves their pawns. Moving is obligatory. A player can't pass their turn. Passing equals resigning: the opponent automatically wins.
One has to hit the opponent's pawns in order to win the game, but hitting the opponent's pawns is not obligated when the opportunity presents itself. An attacking pawn has to be moved around a circle to hit another pawn. In an attack, the attacking pawn can be moved horizontally or vertically, as many free crossings as needed, but only in the same direction. Jumping pawns is not allowed. The attacking pawn must move around at least one circle, end will end up in place of the hit pawn. The hit pawn is taken off the board.
For your pleasure we created an empty game board (12KB, Flash). Print it and play! We also created an animation which demonstrates a couple of moves (1.1MB, Flash).