How to Play
Barricade is a 2-player strategy game. Race your player to the other side of the board — and use barricades to slow down your opponent.
The Board
The game is played on a 9×9 grid. Each player starts on the middle square of their back row with 10 barricades in reserve. You start at the bottom and race to the top row; your opponent starts at the top and races to the bottom.
Your Turn
On your turn, you do one of two things:
- Move your player one square
- Place a barricade
You can't skip your turn. Players alternate until someone reaches the opposite side.
Moving Your Player
Your player can move one square up, down, left, or right — no diagonals. Players cannot move through barricades or off the board.
Placing Barricades
Barricades are two squares long and sit between cells — either horizontally or vertically. A placed barricade blocks both players from crossing it.
Barricade rules:
- You have 10 barricades total. Once you're out, you can only move your player.
- Barricades cannot overlap, and one cannot cross through the middle of another.
- A barricade cannot completely cut off either player's path to their goal row. Both players must always have at least one legal route to win.
Jumping Over Players
When the two players are adjacent, special movement rules apply. You can jump over your opponent to the square directly behind them.
If there's a barricade (or the edge of the board) directly behind the opponent, you can't jump straight — instead, you move diagonally to either square next to your opponent.
Winning
The first player to reach any square on the opposite side of the board wins. You also win if your opponent resigns or runs out of time.