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Glokess

Glokess

  • Description

    Glokess is an abstract game. Players place pieces on the board, then moves or rotate them in order to capture the opposing pieces. The inspiration for the game comes from Blokus, Go, and Chess.

    Setup
    Each player gets the all the pieces of the same colour. The pieces are coloured on both sides.

    Game Play
    Each player alternates in taking turns. During the player’s turn, the player can perform 1 on the following
    (1) place a piece on the board
    (2) move a piece already on the board
    (3) rotate a piece already on the board.
    (4) flip a piece already on the board

    The piece rotates with its black square as its axis, and can be rotated any number of right angles. After rotation, its black square must be at the same location. Similarly, if a piece is flipped, its black square must be at the same location.

    Each piece moves according to its structure. Taking its black square as the center, the piece moves to any of the coloured square.

    Components
    34 pieces
    1 board

  • Details
    Ages: 12 and up
    Designer: Chen Changcai
    Publisher: (Web published)
    Time: 30 minutes
    Year: 2009