E, the Game of Martian Chinese Checkers

E, the Game of Martian Chinese Checkers

Designer: Carol Townsend
Publisher: Ice Game Design Competition
Type: Icehouse
Status: Free
Available from: http://icehousegames.com/contest/icedes-2/martian-chinese-checkers/Ewebpage.html

“E” is the Icehouse game of Martian Chinese Checkers. Much of the feel of original Chinese checkers has been maintained, with a few additional bits thrown in for the Icehouse pieces. The game can be played by 2-6 players, (though 5 is hard to do fairly), and takes between 45 minutes to 2 hours to play.

As in basic Chinese checkers, the goal in E is to move all your pieces from their starting positions on your 'home' side of the board (in their home territory) to corresponding positions on your 'goal' side of the board directly across from your home territory. Your home side is someone else's goal side and vice versa. Your pieces may be on any space in your goal territory, but they must be unstacked from each other at the end, so that only one of your pieces is in each space.

An entry into the Second Ice Game Design Competition.