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Catchup

Period

Modern

Category Board, Space, Group

Description

Catchup is played on an empty 5x5 hexagonal board.

Rules

GROUP - A connected chain of friendly stones.
TURN - Initially, Black drops one stone, then for the remaining turns players drop one or two stones of either color. If one makes a group larger than the previously largest group on their turn, their opponent may place up to three stones.
GOAL - After the board is full, the player with the largest group wins. If there's a tie, the next largest group is scored, and so on. Draws are impossible

Author

Nick Bentley

Creation date

2011

Ludeme Description

Catchup.lud

Concepts

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Reference

www.nickbentley.games

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1654

BGG.68199


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