"The purpose of the Quoridor boardgame? It is very simple: you have to reach first the opposite side of the board. To slow the progress of opponents, players can put fences to make the path longer. When he has run out of fences, the player must move his pawn. The pawns are moved one square at a time and the pawns must get around the fences. There are more rules? When he has run out of fences, the player must move his pawn. The pawns are moved one square at a time and the pawns must get around the fences. A Quoridor game lasts about seven minutes and amazing mazes are created on the board. Quoridor was best Game of The Year 1997-1998 worldwide and one of the prizes was the prestigious MENSA award for mind challenging games. On the 2009 for the new children version Quoridor won a Finland prize. A huge community of players exists for this popular board game and on some countries it has national challenges." Source: The Game Website.