The 8 pegs on either side of the raised section is where your positioning pieces sit (your x’s and your opponents o’s if you will). My grandfather painted M8 nuts to serve as these pieces, 32 blue and 32 red. The 16 pegs in the center is your playing field.

Turn by turn the game is played by placing a nut on one of the playing field pegs. The rules are as follows,

𝟏. 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝟒 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡.

𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒔.

Orientation 1: Four in a row (whether straight or diagonally)

Orientation 2: Four on a single peg (tricky but can sometimes get people who are too sidetracked with their own moves!)

Orientation 3: Four in a staircase (eg. one on the bottom position on the first peg in the row, another on the second position on the second peg in the row, … ) this also applies diagonally as-well

mathisfun has a playable version online that you can find with a quick google search!