Ascal is a Gnome Version of the board game Lasca (or Laska).

* What is it ?
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Lasca is a game similar to Draughts but with some really cool enhancements. In a future release you'll find a great description in the help system of Ascal. In the meantime the article on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasca and
http://research.interface.co.uk/lasca/about.htm

will help you understanding the rules. Ascal tries to give a great Gnome experience of Lasca for one and two players. You can undo moves, save and load games and all that on a nifty graphical board.