Breakthru is an abstract strategy game. One player, controlling the gold fleet receives 12 escorts and 1 flagship. The other player is the silver fleet and receives 20 ships. The gold fleet is set up in the central part of the board and the silver fleet in the outer part. The object of the game is for the gold player to get their flagship off the board before it is captured by the silver player.On their turn a player may make a motion move or a capture move. Ships may move any number of vacant squares either horizontally or vertically. Ships capture by moving one square diagonally. (Ships may not move diagonally or capture horizontally or vertically). Two motion moves or one capture move is allowed on a players turn.

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