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EYNSTEYN

Loops and bends take you across

Eynsteyn uses for its mechanism one of the best known basic mechanisms for two-player games, two opposing sides of the board should be connected by an uninterrupted line. In this game the tiles are shuffled face-down and stacked in 5 stacks, the lines are visible. Each player draws a stock of 10 tiles and receives five marker pieces. The sides you must connect are allocated randomly. Then in phase 1 of the game both player alternate in placing one of their tiles on the board, tiles may touch each other only at corners, not along an edge. This phase 1 is meant to enable you prepare for yourself as many possibilities to use in phase 2. In this phase 2 players draw 8 tiles each and place one tile per turn. Now tiles can touch each other along the edges, too. You can now also place a marker on a tile to secure this tile. You can also cover tiles already placed with tiles of your own, unless they are secured or not touching other tiles on all sides. This means that tiles at the borders of the board can never be covered, therefore you need not secure them. If you have placed a marker you cannot take it away or relocate it so think carefully about using them. You can only place 4 tiles on top of each other, the fourth tile needs no securing. Branches and loops are possible; parts of a line can be used by both players.

If a player needs only one more tile to close his line he must announce this with the word “Eynsteyn”, if he does not do so his victory is not valid.

Eynsteyn is an excellent example how you can vary well-known game mechanisms to create new and challenging games.

Spieler         : 2

Alter            : ages 8 and up

Dauer           : ca. 20 min

Autor           : Till Meyer

Grafik          : Anne Petri

Titel             : ident

Preis            : ca. 25 Euro

Verlag          : Spieltrieb 2010

www.spieltriebgbr.de

Genre                    : placement game

Zielgruppe             : With friends

Language                        : de

Rules                              : de

In-game use of language   : no

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New edition, first published 1997

Abstract game

For two players only

Well-known mechanisms, nicely varied

Vergleichbar:

All games for two connecting opposite sides of the board

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