| Unlur | |
Designed by Jorge Gomez Arrausi
Unlur is played with black and white stones.
Definitions
A "line" is a connected group of stones of the same colour which is connected to two opposite sides of the board.
A "Y" is a connected group of stones of the same colour which connects three non-adjacent sides of the board.
The Game
There are two players, Black and White. Each player only places stones of his colour. Black starts and then players alternate moves. In each turn a player places a piece of his colour on any vacant hexagon. A player is not permitted to pass.
The Objective
The game is won by White if he makes a line.
The game is won by Black if he makes a Y.
If one player makes the opponent's objective he loses, unless he makes his winning condition at the same time.
Draws are imposible. One player must win.
If one player creates his objective, the other player will not be able to create his.
A Balanced Game
Obviously White has a strong advantage because his objective is easier, for this reason a sharp way has been developed in order to balance the game.
Players alternately place black stones on any vacant hexagon until one player passes. When one player passes the other player will be White and he has to make White's first move. After this, the game continues normally.
Mini-Examples
Note that a stone in a corner is connected to both sides of which the corner is member.
Sample Board
For 2 players
Unlur is a game for two players, played on a hexagon-shaped tesselation of hexagons with eight hexagons on each side. (The game is played on a large hexagon, which itself has eight hexagons on each side. See the sample board below.) A larger board makes the game deeper, and a smaller board makes the game faster.
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This game © copyright 2002 Jorge Gomez Arrausi.
