Game Contents and its Features
Number of players: 2 - 6
Approximate game time: 15-30 minutes
Recommendation ages: From 6 years to Adult
Product Contents
1 Hexagonally shaped game board (Total 463 hexagonal spaces)
108 pieces of hexagonal blocks (6 different colors: 18 pieces each)
1 rule book
Goal of the Game - Place as much of your hexagonal chains as possible on the game board.
Set Up
Place the game board at the centre of the table. For 3-, 4-, 5- or 6-player game, each player takes all
the hexagonal blocks of a colour. For 2-player game, each player is to take either all hexagonal blocks of
2 colours or 3 colours.
Figure 1. Green arrows indicate starting point for 6-player game; ‘F’ marking is starting point for 4-player game; red
arrows for 3-player game
For 6-player game, the entire game board is used.
For 4-player game, the playable area is confined within the blue lines as shown above.
For 3-player game, the playable area is confined within the red lines as shown above.
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______________________________For 2-Player Game__________________________________
For 2-player game, the players can play in either of the following ways:
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Each player takes all hexagonal blocks of 3 colours, and uses the entire game board.
Each player takes all hexagonal blocks of 2 colours, and
plays within the blue lines as shown in Figure 1.
______________________________For 5-Player Game__________________________________
For 5-player game, each player takes all hexagonal blocks of 1 colour. Put away the following 3 hexagonal
blocks of the remaining colour. Each player then takes turn picking 3 remaining hexagonal blocks of this
remaining colour.
Taking turn each player places the 3 hexagonal blocks of the remaining colour on the board as obstacles.
Placing of these obstacle tiles shall follow the rules below:
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Each hexagonal block shall start on the second outermost hexagon space. The hexagonal block
cannot be placed on the outermost hexagonal space, or the outermost half-hexagonal space.
Each hexagonal block shall head towards the centre of the board.
No more than 3 hexagonal blocks between two 5-player starting points.
An example is shown below.
Figure 2. Spaces marked ‘5’ are the starting points for 5-player game
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Game Rules
Players take turn placing 1 piece of his/ her hexagonal block on the board. For 5-player game, the first
player to start is the one who places the obstacle blocks the last.
The first hexagonal block must be on the starting point. Refer to Figure 1 for the starting points for 2-,
3-, 4-, and 6-player game; and Figure 2 for starting points for 5-player game.
Subsequent hexagonal block shall be placed according to following rules:
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Blocks of the same colour cannot touch each other.
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Hexagonal block must be placed exactly 1 hexagonal edge from another block of the same colour
, provided it is not blocked by hexagonal block of other colour.
Examples:
Red tile can be placed on location 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7
Example of legal tile placed on location 4
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Example of legal tile placed on location 4 & 5
Red tile cannot be placed at location 4 because yellow tile has blocked the hexagonal edge radiating out the
red tile on the left
Red tile can be placed at location 4
Players place one hexagonal block on the board on his/ her turn until no legal block can be placed anymore.
Players who can still place hexagonal block on the board continue their turns. The game ends when
everyone cannot place anymore block.
Player then counts number of hexagons of the remaining blocks he/ she has. Whoever having the least
number of hexagon leftover is the winner.
Sources:
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