Games

Rules of games

Rules and information about the games.


Amazons

The Game of the Amazons is a two-player abstract strategy game invented in 1988 by Walter Zamkauskas of Argentina.

Backgammon

Rules, controls, computer opponents and game analysis.

Breakthrough

Breakthrough is an abstract strategy board game invented by Dan Troyka in 2000.

Catchup

Invented by Nick Bentley in 2010

Chess

The classic board game of chess

Conhex

Game invented by Michail Antonow in 2006

Connect6

Connect6 introduced in 2003 by Professor I-Chen Wu

Dots and boxes

Invented in 1889 by the French mathematician François Edouard Anatole Lucas

Draughts

Classic board game

Dvonn

Invented by Kris Burm in 2001

EinStein würfelt nicht!

Game invented by Ingo Althöfer in 2005

Fendo

A modern abstract board game by Dieter Stein.

Four in a row

Invented in 1974

GIPF

GIPF Tournament rules, row removal, GIPF pieces and useful external links.

Go

Game invented in China 2500 years ago

Golem word game

The game was created especially for Little Golem.

Gomoku

Classic game from ancient China

Havannah

A connection game by Christian Freeling.

Hex

Hex invented in 1942

Lines of Action

Lyngk

A GIPF Project stacking game with color claims.

Meridians

Meridians 114: paths, group survival and colour choice.

Morelli

A center-race abstract strategy game.

Morris

Nine Men’s Morris, Lasker Morris and Morabaraba: the rules used on Little Golem.

Oceans 11

A two-player game using poker hands invented by Eliott Adkins.

Oski

Invented by Richard and Oskar Malaschitz in 2010

Polyomino

A game inspired by Blokus Duo (2005)

Quantum Control

Standard Quantum Control: placement, captures and seven-area scoring.

QYPS

Game invented by Richard Malaschitz in 2016

Reversi

A disk-flipping strategy game played on several board sizes.

Shogi

Japanese chess and several smaller Shogi variants.

Sixfold

A two-player abstract game on 36 active cells with six colors, six shapes, and randomly selected board layouts.

Slither

A dynamic two-player connection game by Corey L. Clark that also features an advanced variant.

Street soccer

Tumbleweed

Modern game invented by Mike Zapawa during COVID

Twixt

A connection game by Alex Randolph.

Tzaar

A GIPF Project game about capturing and strengthening stacks.

WYPS

WYPS was invented by Richard and Alena Malaschitz in 2002. The final version of the rules was published in 2017.

XiangQi

Chinese chess.