Rhumb Line

As rank has its privilege . the player with the Officer stones starts the game by placing a yellow stone in any position on a radial. The opponent may then place a Sailor blue stone in any other position on any radial . and so on. Position stones on the radial lines of degrees where they intersect the concentric circles in the compass. Place the stones, one at a time, building on those already on the board to complete or block new pointwinning rhumb lines. As the game progresses, several point combinations may be completed with a single turn. e. g. a stone placed on NW completes a Radius 10 pointsand a Spiral 30 pointsfor a total of 40 points. Radius Arc Spiral 60 Points . 2 Spirals 60 Points . Arc Spiral 50 Points . 2 Arcs 40 Points . Radius Arc 30 Points. Players keep score on their end of the board with the extra stone of their color. After 100 points . adding to and continuing from 10. Points overlooked and not marked before the opponent takes a turn are forfeited. Once the stone being played is released, it may not be moved . with the following exception. When just 1 stone each remains, players remove 1 of their stones from the board once only and on their next turn, place it in any position . other than the one from which it was removed. The game is over when all 32 positions on the compass rose are covered and the higher scoring player is the winner of . Rhumb Line.