The Triangle Game

The Triangle Game

Designer: Luke Weisman
Publisher: Pair-of-Dice Games
Type: Abstract
Status: Free (was commercial, but now out of print)
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/3069
Available from: http://www.pair-of-dice.com/games/printandplay.html

From the designer:

'This is a strategy game for exactly three people. I designed it because there is a lack of three player games of any sort. The Triangle Game is a “self-balancing game” which means that a player who is behind can easily catch up. Therefore, no one is ever permanently out of the game.'

The objective of The Triangle Game is to get as many of your pieces into your home territory as you can. The game ends when someone gets two points. At the end of the game you get one point for every one of your stones in or on the border of your territory, and lose one point for every one of your stones squarely in your opponents’ territories. You neither gain nor lose points for the pieces that are off the board.

The board, based on Sierpinski’s Gasket, is composed of a large triangle formed with colored sub-triangles, one for each of the players. These triangles are the home territories of each player. Each turn players place stones on the vertices of the triangles, and then slide stones of their color from vertex to vertex. Stones can form “Power Triangles” which give the owner of the triangle extra moves. A Power Triangles, when initially created, can also allow a player to pick up a piece from the board.