Game

Asalto

Displacement and Capture Games

Asalto is a hunt game known from early modern Europe, recorded in southern and western Europe and also called Assaut. It is played on the board of Fox and Geese, a cross-shaped board of points, but the top arm of the cross is enclosed by a double line to mark a fortress. One player places two officers inside the fortress, and the opponent has twenty-four soldiers occupying the points outside it. An officer captures by hopping over a soldier to the empty point just beyond, and an officer that could capture but does not is huffed. The soldiers win by filling every point of the fortress or by leaving the officers with no move, while the officers win by capturing enough soldiers that the fortress can no longer be filled. The Ludii portal catalogues it as a modern-period hunt game and cites Murray 1951 for the rules.

Facts
Origin Year
1803 2
Playing Time
20 2
Designer
(Uncredited) 2
Publisher
(Public Domain) 2
Publisher
(Unknown) 2
Publisher
Across the Board 2
Publisher
Brimtoy 2
Publisher
Dearborn Industries 2
Publisher
Dourios 2
Publisher
F.X. Schmid 2
Publisher
Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore) 2
Publisher
HABA 2
Publisher
Hausser 2
Publisher
HEMA 2
Publisher
J.M. Kronheim & Cos. 2
Publisher
Juegos Ya S.L. 2
Publisher
Jumbo 2
Publisher
Karto 2
Publisher
Klee 2
Publisher
Koster Brothers 2
Publisher
L. J. Hjerta 2
Publisher
MEBO Games 2
Publisher
The Game Crafter, LLC 2
Game Category
Abstract Strategy 2
Game Category
Children's Game 2
Game Category
Educational 2
Game Category
Wargame 2
Game Mechanic
Grid Movement 2
Game Mechanic
Variable Player Powers 2
Minimum Players
2 2
Maximum Players
2 2
Classification
Player Count
Two-Player 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Board Game 1
Connections

Derived From

Fox games, Games
Source Asalto game record at the Ludii Portal
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Source Asalto game record at the Ludii PortalDescription
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Asalto is a hunt game known from early modern Europe.
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1. Asalto game record at the Ludii Portal
  • Rules
    The opponent has 24 pieces
  • Rules [game-type-category]
    Played on the Fox and Geese board
  • Description
    Asalto is a hunt game known from early modern Europe.
  • Derived From: Fox games, Rules [derived-from]
    Played on the Fox and Geese board, but the top arm of the cross is surrounded by a double line
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2. Asalto (BoardGameGeek)
  • Origin Year: 1803
  • Playing Time: 20
  • Designer: (Uncredited)
  • Publisher: (Public Domain)
  • Publisher: (Unknown)
  • Publisher: Across the Board
  • Publisher: Brimtoy
  • Publisher: Dearborn Industries
  • Publisher: Dourios
  • Publisher: F.X. Schmid
  • Publisher: Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)
  • Publisher: HABA
  • Publisher: Hausser
  • Publisher: HEMA
  • Publisher: J.M. Kronheim & Cos.
  • Publisher: Juegos Ya S.L.
  • Publisher: Jumbo
  • Publisher: Karto
  • Publisher: Klee
  • Publisher: Koster Brothers
  • Publisher: L. J. Hjerta
  • Publisher: MEBO Games
  • Publisher: The Game Crafter, LLC
  • Game Category: Abstract Strategy
  • Game Category: Children's Game
  • Game Category: Educational
  • Game Category: Wargame
  • Game Mechanic: Grid Movement
  • Game Mechanic: Variable Player Powers
  • Minimum Players: 2
  • Maximum Players: 2
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