Polarity

Polarity

Designer: Daniel Solis
Publisher: Luchacabra
Type: Abstract
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/31477
Available from: http://www.luchacabra.com/?p=32

Equipment:

• A Chess board
• Lots of stones, all of the same color
• Two bishops, two rooks and a queen for each player

You and your opponent take turns placing stones on a chess board. All players use the same color stones. Each player also has two rooks, two bishops and a queen. You cannot place a stone on a space vertically or horizontally adjacent to another stone. When you place a stone, you can spend one of your chess pieces to make it push or pull in a direction dictated by the chess piece’s movement. This is the only way you can make stones be adjacent to one another. Once a stone is vertically or horizontally adjacent to another stone, neither stone can be pushed or pulled.

When you cause three or more stones to be in a continuous horizontal or vertical line, remove them from the board and add them to your collection. The first player to collect 10 stones in this manner wins.