We are happy today to present you with not just one, but two abstract games involving hexagonal pieces! Circle of Life, a game from Nick Bentley, and Tock, a classic from the public domain, are now available online on Board Game Arena. Play Circle of Life now! Those of you who played Blooms, a sleek and deep abstract reminiscent of Go, will immediately recognise the Zen aesthetics and taste for a minimalistic but efficient rule set from Nick Bentley. In Circle of Life, on your turn you have to set one stone of your colour on the board. Then if that stone creates a species pattern that is in contact with one of your opponent species following it immediately in the food chain (which is displayed as a circle around the board), the other species is immediately devoured! You win either by eating 20 of your opponent's stones, or if you can't play any more (which means that you managed to fill up the whole ecosystem with your species). Really simple, yes? But so many choices and possibilities! A big thank you to the game designer Nick Bentley (El Poopo), and to the software developer Adam Novotny (A-dam) for bringing this brand new game to the BGA community! Play Tock now! Tock is a classic game that is believed to have originated with the early settlers of Quebec, Canada. It is similar to Ludo, but no dice here! You'll get cards, and move your tokens around the board by choosing which card to spend. This makes the game much less luck based and much more challenging and interesting. The different cards allow for distinct special functions beyond just moving forward, and you'll have to make the best out of each new hand you are dealt in order to be the first to circle the board with all your tokens and win the race. And for some extra challenge, you can even play in teams! For this game, our thanks go to the software developer Jean Portemer (Woodruff) who after Innovation and French Tarot, got interested in Tock and created an adaptation using BGA studio to allow everyone to enjoy it online!
Circle of Life & Tock
今天我们高兴地迎来两款六角抽象游戏!
来自Nick Bentley的Circle of Life,和来自public domain的经典游戏Tock,现已在BGA上线。
马上试试 Circle of Life!
玩过抽象游戏绽放——其精致而精深之处令人联想起围棋——的玩家, 将会立刻品出Nick Bentley的禅宗美学和对言简意赅的规则的品味。
在Circle of Life中 ,轮到你的回合时,你必须在板图上放一块你的颜色的棋子。
然后,如果那枚棋子形成了食物链(显示为环绕版图的环)上的物种模式,并与处于食物链下游的某一对手的物种接触,那个物种就立刻被吞噬!
吃掉20块对手的棋子,或无法继续时(这意味着您用自己的物种填满了整个生态系统)获胜。
挺简单的,对吧?
但是有太多选择和可能性!
非常感谢游戏设计师Nick Bentley ( El Poopo )和软件开发人员Adam Novotny ( A-dam )将这款全新游戏带入BGA社区!
马上试试Tock!
Tock是一款经典游戏,据说起源于加拿大魁北克的早期移民。
它类似于Ludo,但没有骰子 !
您将获得卡片 ,并通过选择要消费的卡片在版图上移动令牌。
这使得游戏的运气性大大降低,更具挑战性和趣味性。
不同的卡具有除前进外的各种特殊能力,而你必须将每手新牌的效果最大化,力争第一个将所有令牌环绕版图并取得胜利。
您甚至可以团队合作以应对额外挑战 !
对于这个游戏,我们要感谢软件开发人员Jean Portemer ( Woodruff ),他在创世发明和法国塔罗牌之后对Tock产生了兴趣,并使用BGA 工作室制作了在线版,使每个人都可以在线享受它!