2 players
Manifold
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Overview
Manifold is a polyhex building game for two players – Black and White – played on an initially empty hexhex board. Michael Amundsen invented Manifold in May 2022.
Source rules (English)
Definitions: 1 A group is a stone along with all stones one can reach from it through a series of steps onto adjacent stones of the same color. 1.1 The size of a group is the number of stones in it. 2 A brood is a group along with all other groups of identical color, size and shape. Shapes are considered identical across rotational and mirror-symmetries. 2.1 The size of a brood is the number of groups in it. 2.2 The order of a brood is the size of the groups in it. Play: On the very first turn of the game, Black places one stone of their color on any hex. After, that – starting with White – take turns doing one of the following: • Pass. • Place two stones of your color on empty hexes. When the players pass consecutively, the winner is the player with the higher score. Scoring: For each of your odd-sized broods, you score 1 point if its order is odd and 2 points if its order is even.