King of Pearls

King of Pearls

Designer: Heinrich Glumpler
Publisher: About.com: 2003 Simultaneous Movement Game Design Competition
Type: Abstract
Status: Free
Available from: http://boardgames.about.com/library/games/on/bl-simul-kingofpearls.htm

Two players sit down side by side at the same edge of a table. The board is placed on the table in such a way that both players see it as a rhombus: one corner of the board (SOUTH) points to the gap between the players. The opposite corner (NORTH) points away from both players. The other corners point to the left (WEST) and right (EAST) of the players. The player at the board edge SOUTH-WEST gets the black stones ('Black'). The player at the board edge SOUTH-EAST gets the white stones ('White').

Turn after turn both players will place some of their stones on the board - one stone per space thus building structures to gain points.

A turn consists of two phases:

1. Both players put 1 to 4 stones in their right hand and reveal them simultaneously.
2. One player after the other places his revealed stones on the board.

The player who revealed less stones places his revealed stones first -- one stone after the other. Afterwards the other player places his revealed stones -- one stone after the other.

Black wins if he scores more points than White - else White wins.

An entry into the href="http://boardgames.about.com/od/freesimultaneous/Free_Games_Simultaneous_Movement.htm">About.com: 2003 Simultaneous Movement Game Design Competition.