Uisge

Uisge is a board game for 2 players with simple rules.

This application allows you to play Uisge against the computer in your terminal.

Rule summary

• You play as either black or white, white begins
• There are two different piece types: pawns o and kings W
• In the starting position there are only pawns
• The only allowed pawn move is jumping over other pieces horizontally or vertically
• Kings are allowed to jump, like pawns, but also to move like a chess king
• Each jump changes the jumping piece to the other piece type (a jumping pawn becomes a king, a king becomes a pawn after jumping)
• Moves are only allowed such that all pieces remain 4-connected
• You win when all your pieces are transformed to kings or when your opponent has no moves

Features

• Terminal application
• Play against computer as black or white
  • Default maximum search depth is 20 moves
  • Default minimum search time is 1000 milliseconds
  • You can change the search depth/time by setting the MAX_SEARCH_DEPTH and MIN_SEARCH_TIME environment variables
  • See below for an example
• Play both sides
• Let the computer analyze postions

Run and Build Instructions

• Install Rust
• Clone this repository
• Navigate to the repository root directory
• Run the release version with cargo run --release
• If you only need the build type cargo build --release, the executable can be found in ./target/release/
• Set the search depth/time with MAX_SEARCH_DEPTH=25 MIN_SEARCH_TIME=25000 cargo run --release

Good luck!