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Breakthrough

Breakthrough

Designer: Dan Troyka
Publisher: Boardgames.About.com: 8x8 Game Design Competition
Type: Abstract
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/3825
Available at: http://boardgames.about.com/od/free8x8games/a/breakthrough.htm

Winner of the 2001 About.com 8x8 Game Design Competition.

Each player -- black and white -- has sixteen counters occupying two rows on opposite sides of the board (exactly as Chess is set up). You win by moving one piece to the opposite side. Pieces move one space forward or diagonally forward, and capture diagonally forward.

Breakthrough has one of the simplest rule sets among boardgames. The game develops quickly because pieces have no choice but to move forward. Draws are mathematically impossible, which is a rare feature for move-based games.

The game is intuitive and immediately playable, but very difficult to master.


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Last Updated: April 13th, 2007.