Board Game problem

Question

Hi!
Im creating a board game and I'm having a problem. The aim of the game is to eliminate the opponent's pieces. Each time a player gets a three in a row of pieces, they are allowed to remove any one of the opponent's pieces.
My problem is this: If a player gets a three in a row, in his next two moves I want to disallow him moving one piece out of this three in a row and then back into it so as to try and remove another of the opponent's pieces with the same three in a row.
Here is the Player Class
public class Player
     char piece;
     String name;
     int numberofPieces;
     Player(char pieceVal, String name){
               this.piece=pieceVal;
               this.name=name;
               numberofPieces = 5;
}So when a player gets three in a row, I want to record his 3 in a row, and watch his next two steps and prevent him from having the same 3 in a row after 2 steps.
Can anyone help me? It has been wrecking my head for 2 days now!!
Thank you.

Answer 1

How about keeping a turn counter as well as the coordinates of the pieces in the player's last 3 in a row?