Battle of the Beetles Board Game | BoardGames.com | Your source for everything to do with Board Games

Description

In Battle of the Beetles green and red beetles fight among themselves. Your goal is to be the last player making a valid action. In order to play Battle of the Beetles you need a modified 7 x 7 board with 44 cells, 28 white rings (“eggshells”) and 28 rounder counters (14 green and 14 red “beetles”)

In each turn a player must perform one of the following actions:

Remove the eggshell from one of your eggs. The removed eggshell is out of the game.
Capture an enemy beetle. A born beetle makes a capture in two steps: First it moves forward to a cell adjacent to it. Then it flies to a cell occupied by an enemy beetle which removed from the game. The beetle flies exactly as a knight moves in chess.
Capture a friendly beetle according to the rules mentioned above. This action can only be carried out if the player is not able to perform the aforementioned actions.

If a player cannot make any of these actions in his/her turn, he/she loses.