Akron

Akron

Designer: Cameron Browne
Type: Abstract
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10889
Available at: http://members.optusnet.com.au/cyberite/akron/akron-1.htm

Akron is a new connection game played with marbles on a square grid.

Two players, Black and White, strive to connect their edges of the board with pieces of their colour. Each turn a piece can be played at any empty board point, or a piece already on the board can be moved to any connected empty point.

Most games in the connection family, such as the classics Hex and Y, tend to be hexagonal in nature to avoid problems with deadlocks in the plane. Akron solves this problem by letting players stack pieces over enemy blocks. In fact, stacked connections cut any connections they pass over, making upward growth a very strong play.