Game of the Amazons Unblocked

Game of the Amazons feels like chess with the captures removed and a slow-burning fire added. Both players move queen-like pieces across a 10x10 board, and after every move the piece shoots an arrow that scorches one square for the rest of the game. The board shrinks turn after turn, open areas get carved into rooms, and eventually someone is left with nowhere to go. This unblocked version is the Amazons game from Christopher Müller’s PaperGames, with highlighted moves and a live count of reachable space.

Each Turn Has Two Halves

Move. Pick one of your four amazons and slide it any number of empty squares in a straight line: sideways, vertically or diagonally. It cannot jump over another amazon or a burned square.

Shoot. From where it landed, that same amazon fires an arrow. The arrow follows the same rules as the move, travelling in a straight line over empty squares. Wherever it stops, the square is burned. Burned squares show a crosshatch and block movement and arrows for good.

Player 1 starts. As you play, the board highlights where the selected amazon can go, then where the arrow can land, so you never have to guess about legality. On your turn, if none of your amazons can move, you lose. There are no draws.

Game of the Amazons controls

To do this	Keyboard	Mouse	Touch
Take a full turn	Arrow keys and Enter to pick an amazon, its new square, then the arrow square	Click an amazon, then its destination, then the square to shoot at	Tap an amazon, then its destination, then the square to shoot at
Set up a game with the computer	—	Click "vs Computer", pick Player 1 or 2 and a level, then click "New game"	Tap "vs Computer", pick Player 1 or 2 and a level, then tap "New game"
Play a person on the same device	—	Click "2 Player (local)"	Tap "2 Player (local)"
Undo your last turn	—	Click "Undo"	Tap "Undo"
Concede the game	—	Click "Resign"	Tap "Resign"

Strategy: Space Is Everything

Amazons is really a game about territory, even though it never says so. A few principles carry beginners a long way.

Opening

Get your amazons into the middle and toward big empty regions. Pieces stuck near the edge early have fewer directions to move and are easy to fence off.

Middle game

Treat arrows as walls. The most powerful arrow is the one that cuts an enemy amazon off from a large area, or that closes the door on a region you want to keep. Shooting randomly wastes your strongest tool.

Keep an eye on mobility. An amazon trapped in a pocket of three or four squares is almost a lost piece. If one of yours is being surrounded, move it out before the last gap closes.

Endgame

Late in the game, the board splits into separate rooms. Count the empty squares in each room you control and in each room your opponent controls. You want to finish with more moves left than they have. The reachable squares line is a quick check on how that race is going.

Who Should Try It

Players who like quiet, puzzle-like duels will find a lot here. Rules take a minute to learn, yet the decisions get deep fast. Easy, Medium and Hard AI levels give you room to improve, and a game in progress is saved if you close the tab. For another two-player game about cutting off space, try Hex, or see what else is in card and board games.