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The 1500-year-old Viking siege game (the 9×9 Tablut variant), an unusual asymmetric battle. You command the gold King and his eight defenders sitting on the central throne; the CPU commands sixteen black attackers ringing the edges. Everything slides like a rook (straight lines, no jumping). You capture by the sandwich (custodial): move so an enemy is pinned between two of your pieces — the empty throne counts as a wall. But the King is tougher: it falls only when boxed in on all four sides. Your goal is to walk the King to any edge square and escape; the attackers' g

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