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====== Breakthrough ======

One of the simplest "get to your opponent's home row" games around. Pieces move and capture like chess pawns. First to the other home row wins. Also includes a Bombardment variant where instead of regular capture moves, one can detonate a piece, which destroys it and all pieces around it.

Inventors: Dan Troyka, Chris Huntoon

===== Rules =====

See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_(board_game)|Wikipedia: Breakthrough]].


===== Variants =====

==== Bombardment ====

Instead of capturing by replacement, you may **detonate** a piece: it and all orthogonally/diagonally adjacent pieces are removed. See [[https://jpneto.github.io/world_abstract_games/bombardment.htm|WAG: Bombardment]].

===== Further details =====

==== Version history ====

  * Current engine version: ''20211118'' (2021-11-18). On Abstract Play since 2023-05-01.

==== Abstract Play ====

  * Chris Huntoon is credited for the Bombardment variant.

==== Links ====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_(board_game)]]
  * [[https://jpneto.github.io/world_abstract_games/bombardment.htm]]
  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3825/breakthrough]]