The Games
Net Y
Designer: Mark Steere
Publisher: Mark Steere Games
Type: Abstract,
Pen and Paper
Status: Free
Available from:
http://www.marksteeregames.com/
'Net Y' is an acronym for Nested Tetrahedrons Y. It is a two player game. A printed paper 'board,' a pen of one color, and a pen of another color can be used to play. The original game of Y was first described by Claude Shannon in the early 1950’s, and independently reinvented around the same time by Craige Schensted and Charles Titus. Mark Steere created this variant of Y on March 31, 2006. In Net Y, there are three superimposed, interdependent instances of Y which are played simultaneously.
The three games of Y, each represented by its own highlighted triangle, are played simultaneously. The player who wins the majority of them wins overall. In each game of Y, players attempt to join the three sides of the given triangle with continuous linked paths of colored in circles (in the players’ own designated colors). The sides must be connected by points inside the triangle (as viewed in two dimensions), including its highlighted perimeter.