jkalter11 / generals

This is the online version of a proudly Filipino-invented strategy board game "The Game of the Generals".

The Game of The Generals Online

About Application

Backend

• node.js as the backend platform and server
• socket.io handles client-server game flow
• expressjs for the backend application framework
• mocha for unit testing (installed globally so it can be run from the terminal)
• grunt for automation

Frontend

• jQuery for DOM manipulation, animation and AJAX

The Game of the Generals, also called GG as it is most fondly called, or simply The Generals, is an educational wargame invented in the Philippines by Sofronio H. Pasola, Jr. in 1970. It can be played within twenty to thirty minutes. It is designed for two players, each controlling an army, and a neutral arbiter or an adjutant. It needs the use of logic. The game simulates armies at war trying to outflank and outmaneuver each other. As in actual warfare, the game allows only one side's plan to succeed. Certain strategies and tactics, however, allow both sides the chance of securing a better idea of the other's plan as the game progresses. Players can also speak with others during matches, hoping to make a false impression on where the flag is. (>>> more at Wikipedia)

This is the ONLINE version of that game.

Pieces in descending order by rank

#	CODE	Name
1	GA	General of the Army (5 stars)
1	GEN	General (4 stars)
1	LTG	Lieutenant General (3 stars)
1	MG	Major General (2 stars)
1	BG	Brigadier General (1 star)
1	COL	Colonel
1	LTC	Lieutenant Colonel
1	MAJ	Major
1	CPT	Captain
1	1LT	First Lieutenant
1	2LT	Second Lieutenant
1	SGT	Seargent
6	PVT	Private
2	SPY	Spy
1	FLG	Flag

Rules for a challenge:

• An officer can beat any lower ranking officer except the SPY
• The SPY can beat any ranking officer except the PVT
• Any piece can beat the FLG (including another FLG)
• Both are eliminated for 2 pieces of the same rank except the flag

Gameplay:

• The game is played on a 9x8 plain-square board
• The player who plays first will be the creator of the game session
• The pieces can be placed in NO particular order as long as they are placed in the first 3 rows of the player's home rows
• Each player can move a piece 1 step only either forward, backward, left or right ONLY

Who Wins:

• The player who captured the opponent's flag
• The player whose flag reaches the opponent's first row (be warned that the opponent can still capture the flag since the opponent is given one move after the player placed the flag to the other end)