Verso is played on an empty 8x8 square board.Each player has 9 Othello-like stones off board. 1.Drop Phase:On this first phase,on each turn each player drops a stone on an empty cell. 2.Move Phase:When all the pieces are on the board(and the goal was not achieved yet)each player moves one of his pieces to an adjacent orthogonal empty cell. Capture:When two friendly stones have,in-between(orthogonally or diagonally),a line of enemy stones,the moving player swaps the color of one of them(unlike Othello where the player would swap all enemy stones). The player that makes a(orthogonal or diagonal)5 in-a-row wins.

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