Walkthrough / Strategy Guide:

A.L.C is a chess-like laser combat game that requires two players (no computer opponent). Players take turns distributing up to 3 movement points among their pieces. Each point allows: moving to an adjacent square, rotating a piece, or firing a laser (for cannons).

Piece Types:
- Cannons (figure icon): Fire a destroying laser. Armored sides (thick bright lines) reflect lasers.
- Freeze Cannons (Klingon ship shape): Fire from the broad side, freezing hit pieces temporarily. Frozen pieces cannot move but are easily destroyed.
- Octagonal Stampers: Can capture pieces by moving onto them. Come in various armor configurations.
- Triangular Deflectors: Deflect laser beams at right angles. Smaller triangles have 2 armored sides and can split beams.
- Rectangles with Arrow (One-way Mirrors): Let lasers pass in the arrow direction. Ideal for protecting cannons.
- Bombs (squares lying on their side): When hit by a laser, destroy all pieces on the 8 surrounding squares.
- Wagon Wheel: Reflects lasers in a random direction. Moving it onto an occupied square teleports that piece to a random position.

Special Rules:
- The center column has gates that randomly open/close each turn, destroying any piece on them.
- Moving a piece onto the center square (while blue pyramid visible) teleports it randomly.
- Each piece can only capture or fire once per turn but can move up to 3 squares.
- Goal: Destroy the enemy King (diamond-shaped square standing on its point).