Pentactic is a game in the line of FITS or Ubongo, but with more player interaction, where players try to place all their pentominoes on their boards while dropping stones on the opponents’ boards to prevent them from doing the same. The board features three different, overlapping playfields, in order to increase replay value: 8×8 9×7 11×6 A pentomino is a...
Pentagame is an abstract strategy game without chance element. It is played on a pentagram star that shows 100 round stops. The 5 corners and the 5 crossings in the pentagram are colored (white, blue, red, green, yellow). It can be played with 2, 3 or 4 players. It looks a bit like a pentagonal ludo, but it is truly different. For example, there is no...
A four-player version of Pentago. Now in color, instead of just black and white. An abstract strategy game with nine 3×3 grids arranged into a larger 9x9 board. Players alternate placing marbles on the board. Each player has a color of marbles, and the game is set-up to allow team-play. The first player or team to get five in a row on the entire 9x9 grid...
Pentago Triple is a new version of the original Pentago, adding a third color and a new element to the game. The object of the game is to create five-in-a-row like in the original game, but in the Triple version players have cards that show what kind of rows they have to form using three different colors. The familiar twist is still there: players have to...
Pentagon is a quick yet strategic head-to-head area control style game. In Pentagon, two players will be competing to hold the majority of their colored cards in the play area. With simple rules and strategic decisions, players can pull off some big combos and pull out ahead to win. Pentagon is unique in the way players will also have their opponent’s...
A book containing three games: Pentagon Pentagon is not a simulation in the formal sense of the word. The events in the game are intended to be illustrative and the decisions fictitious, woven from the progress of play. But by giving the players incentives both to compete and to cooperate, the game does simulate bureaucratic politics. And the content of...
Pentagonal is a 3-D, five-layer game that challenges players with complex strategies, yet is deceptively simple to learn and play. The object of the game is to place five marbles in a row either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. The challenge of the game is to master the mind-boggling number of combinations and permutations possible with every move....
This is an update on Nine Men's Morris. The original game is played on a square board on which players take turns placing pieces. When a player places three pieces in a row, he may remove an opponent's piece of his choice. Once all pieces have been placed, players try to align three pieces by sliding them on the board. A player wins when his opponent is...
What is Pentaktys? Pentaktys is a minimalist abstract strategy game for 1 or 2 players, inspired by the timeless elegance of chess but reinvented for quicker, more dynamic play. With rules you can explain in under a minute and games lasting around 5-10 minutes, it’s perfect for sharpening your mind without the time investment of heavier titles. What makes...
Pentalath (also called Ndengrod) is an abstract board game for two players, designed by a computer program called LUDI, invented by Cameron Browne. It is the "brother" of Yavalath and it can be played using a Yavalath set. It is available from nestorgames. Rules Players: White and Black. Start: The board is initially empty. Play: Players take turns placing...