Slides of Action

Slides of Action is played on a 4x4 square board with five stones in each of three colors. The board is occupied by stones except of one space. Each player choose a color. The third remaining color is neutral in a two-player game. On each turn,each player shifts a line of 1,2 or 3 stones towards the empty space. A player wins if he connects his stones into one single group (orthogonal and diagonal connections are valid) even if he also connects the stones of one of the other colors. If the neutral stones get connected first in a two-player game, the game is a draw.