Skift társasjáték

Angol leírás

Skift is an abstract strategy for two players, ages 8 and up. Average playing time is 10 to 15 minutes. The object of the game is to eliminate your opponent’s pieces by shifting your own pieces and the board itself. The first player to cause their opponent to lose all of their kings or all of their pawns wins the game.

The game board consists of 9 square tiles, with each tile each divided into 4 quadrants. Game pieces include 2 kings and 6 pawns per player. Play begins with the 9 tiles arranged into a 3×3 grid to form the full board and the pieces arranged in a checkerboard pattern around the center.

On your turn, you may make either one piece move or one tile move. A piece move involves moving one of your pieces (pawn or king) one quadrant in any direction (orthogonally or diagonally), pushing along any pieces that lie in the way. A tile move involves moving any tile that you control orthogonally (not diagonally), one tile length in any direction, pushing along any tiles that lie in the way. You control a tile if you have more kings occupying its quadrants than your opponent. If the count is tied, neither player controls the tile.

Pieces may be removed from the board in three ways. First, any piece that is pushed off the edge of the board is removed from the game. In addition, if a move causes the pieces to form two or more isolated groups (not connected orthogonally or diagonally), the largest group remains, and all smaller groups are removed. Similarly, if a move causes the tiles to form two or more isolated groups (not connected orthogonally or diagonally), the largest connected group of tiles remains, and all other tiles are removed.

A player wins if their opponent loses all their kings or all their pawns. If both players lose all kings or all pawns on the same turn, the player with more pieces remaining on the board wins. If both players have the same number of pieces, the game ends in a draw.

Click here for official rules and diagrams: https://splinterboardgame.blogspot.com/2025/07/skift-game-of-strategic-shifts-and.html

—description from the designer