Board Game Ideas

Since one of BrainKing public opinion polls shows that there is a group of people who would like to play domino games on our site, we present a domino type game proposal this time. Created by Andy Lewicki, this time.

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Name of the game: Forky

• The game starts with 21 domino stones by removing all the doubles.
• BrainKing draws one of the stones, opens it in front of the players and the player that faces the bigger half of the stone, starts the game.
• The drawn stone is placed
  on the left side of the screen in such a way that the bigger half is closer to the middle of the screen. This tile is the beginning of the whole "train" and other stones can be attached to the this stone only from one side, starting from the bigger half.
• The winner of the initial draw may match the bigger half in a specific way only: Let's say the bigger half is an odd number, for example 3. He can match this stone with another stone bearing number 3 and the other half MUST be an even number or zero - so, now we have the situation that an even number is exposed and the next player has to match it, exposing an ODD number or zero.
• The game alternates, matching one half and exposing either even or odd numbers on the other half.
• A zero plays a special role. When a zero is exposed it plays a role as a joker - any number, either even or odd can match it and of course another zero.

This game is kind of open game, although, opponent's pieces are not exposed during the game. We have the situation with perfect information and the whole idea is to outsmart the opponent and play all the pieces before the opponent or block the game with fewer points on hand.

This game doesn't require good memory, since everything is clear from the very beginning and this fits perfectly for a turn-based site. The name Forkt reflects the skippy idea of allowed stones to be exposed.

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I would like to remind that opinion poll results don't make us obliged to do anything based on them, so although we plan to make some domino games in the future, nobody promises any dates. But it is a nice game proposal, anyway.

Right, Mr. Andy Lewicki strikes back again. This time we have a proposal of a dice-only game, which might be welcomed especially by players of Dice Poker and similar "no board, no pieces" games.

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Name of the game: Risky Die

• Each player has 6 dice, which are grouped to 3 sets of 2 dice.
• A game consists of 10 rounds. BrainKing randomly sets values of all 6 dice in the beginning of every round (for example, 4/2, 6/5 and 1/1). It is important to point out that both players get the same combination of dice values.
• The goal is to make the least possible "gap" (difference of values) between dice of each set.
• During a round, a player has 2 options to do with every set of 2 dice:
  • Do nothing and just use the current "gap" as a score.
  • Select one die and roll it. If the rolled die shows the same number as it had before the roll - the player is busted and gets a penalty of 5 points. Otherwise, the difference of values is counted as a score.
• The player collects points from every set of every round. When all 10 rounds are completed, the player with smaller total score is the winner.
• (Optional rule to be discussed) In order to avoid "empty rounds", a player is obliged to make at least one roll per round, even if it means to destroy a good pre-rolled combination.

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Comments?

This game has been submitted by Mike Mallette. It has simple but interesting rules and it could be worth trying out.

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Name of the game: Rush

1. The game is played on a standard checkers board (8x8 squares).
2. Each player has 32 checkers (pieces).
3. Every player has a "flag" which can be placed anywhere on the first row.
4. Pieces can move one space in any direction.
5. Only one piece can be moved per turn.
6. The game object:
   1. To capture opponent's flag, or
   2. To have your flag reach opponent's first row.
7. During a turn, the player has three choices:
   1. To pick a piece to move, then pick an adjacent opponent's piece to attack. Both players roll a die and if the attacker wins, the opponent's piece is removed from the board and the attacker's piece is moved to the removed piece position. If the defender wins, the attacker's piece is removed from the board and the defender's piece stays where it is. If both players roll the same number, nothing happens and pieces stay where they are.
   2. To move a piece to an empty square.
   3. To pass the flag to another piece one space in any direction.

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