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====== Phutball ======

Phutball (short for philosopher's football) is a classic two-player soccer-esque board game of shared pieces where you attempt to get the ball across your opponent's goal line.

Inventors: Elwyn Berlekamp, John Horton Conway, and Richard K. Guy

===== Rules =====

See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phutball|Wikipedia: Phutball]]. 19×15 field of **intersections** (with a one-cell border in the engine). Shared **men** (''P'') and one **ball** (''B''). Pie rule. Player 1 attacks **north**.


===== Variants =====

No engine variants.

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

==== Version history ====

  * Current engine version: ''20230704'' (2023-07-04). On Abstract Play since 2023-08-25.

==== Links ====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phutball]]
  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25433/phutball]]