The Games
Magneton
Designer: Cerrato Luca
Publisher: Boardgames.About.com:
8x8 Game Design Competition
Type: Abstract
Ststus: Free
BGG entry:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/16778
Available at:
http://boardgames.about.com/library/games/on/bl-8x8-magneton.htm
The runner-up in the 2001 About.com 8x8 Game Design Competition.
You need:
- 8x8 Chess board.
- 12 black stones and 12 white stones.
Object: Be the first to create a line of 4 stones in a row.
The white player start the game by dropping a piece of his colour wherever he desires on the board. In the second move, the black player drops a piece of his colour wherever he desires on the board.
Magnetic Effect: After the second move every stone must causes the 'magnetic effect.' The 'magnetic effect' involves the drop stone and the stones that are in line with the drop stone, with the line started by the drop stone in the eight possible directions (2 horizontal, 2 vertical and 4 diagonal). Only the first stones that these lines (magnetic lines) meet are involved in the 'magnetic effect.'
The magnetic effect causes the following actions:
- Any stones of the same colour of the drop stone are sent away in magnetic line direction. This movement finishes when the stone meets another stone or the edge of the board.
- Any stones of the opposite colour of the drop stone are attracted in magnetic line direction. This movement finishes when the opponent's stone meets the drop stone.
When there are no more stones to drop on the board, the players move the stones on the board.
The first player to create a line of 4 stones in a row wins.