used immediately after being drawn or when the player considers it most convenient any player conquering two continents receives the gold medal hero prize and any player conquering one continent receives the silver medal hero prize after the gold medal hero prize and the silver medal hero prize are awarded the remaining players continue play the bronze medal hero prize is awarded to the first player of those remaining to reach the opposite front each player controls one military unit in the case of less than twelve players the players must choose the sides and types of military force to be controlled such that for each piece being played from side a 39 s base strip its counterpart is being played from side b 39 s base strip that is no piece can move in a column in which an opposing piece is not being moved the remaining units are not involved in the play of the game the piece denoting die is not used only the numbered die is thrown to determine the initial move of the piece play otherwise proceeds as described for six players the first player to reach the opposing front receives the gold medal hero prize the second player to reach the opposing front receives the silver medal hero prize and the third player to reach the opposing front receives the bronze medal hero prize for purposes of tournament play each type of prize is assigned a given number of points for example the gold medal hero prize is 15 points the silver medal hero prize is 10 points and the bronze medal hero prize is 5 points any convenient tallying system may then be used for example an average score may be determined by summing the products of the number of.