2 players
Manalath
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Overview
Manalath was invented in 2012 by Dieter Stein and Néstor Romeral Andrés. It is a Yavalath-like game in which the players must create a group of five without first making a group of four.
Source rules (English)
Players take turns placing pieces of any colour. They can't create groups of more than five pieces which are adjacent to each other. A group of 4 pieces is called a quart. A group of 5 pieces is called a quint. Players win if they finish their turn with a friendly quint, but lose if they finish their turn with a friendly quart on the board. Note: The winning and losing conditions for a player are checked after their move, only on their own turn. An end condition (win or loss) is effective when it occurred first and cannot be averted.