We are happy today to release a great game for abstracts lovers! Blooms, a self-published game from Nick Bentley, is now available on Board Game Arena.
In Blooms, you'll try to capture the stones of your opponent. The first player to capture more than a certain amount (depending on the board size and/or desired duration of play) will claim the victory.
Blooms has a short, elegant and straightforward set of rules:
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~ Each player owns two stone colors.
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~ A "bloom" is a group of connected stones of the same color.
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~ The first player sets a first stone anywhere on the board, then players alternate turns.
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~ On a turn, the player must set a stone on a free space, then may place a stone of the other color he/she owns or pass.
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~ At the end of a player turn, if an opponent's bloom is fenced (cannot extend in any direction) then it is captured.
That's all, you know the rules! Easy? Yes but... behind these deceptively simple rules you'll find a lot of depth. Everyone can learn the game and start to play really quickly, but each turns allows for a huge number of possible moves that will quite certainly get your brain to switch gears! The feeling of this game is a little like Go with colors. We advise you to try it first with the smallest board to get a grasp of it before moving on to a bigger challenge!
We would like to thank the designer Nick Bently (El Poopo) for proposing his game for an online version here on BGA, and the developer Adam Novotny (A-dam) who implemented it as his third game adaptation using BGA Studio.
If you love this game and its "Zen Garden" aesthetics, you might be interested in a boxed version. The designer is actually thinking of setting up a Kickstarter campaign to produce one, so if you want to show your interest and be notified when this happens, you can sign up here for news!
Enjoy!
Blomstrer
Vi er glade for i dag at frigive et fantastisk spil for abstracts elskere!
Blomstrer, en selv-udgivne spil fra Nick Bentley, er nu tilgængelig på spil Arena.
Spille det nu!
I blomstrer, vil du prøve at fange stenene af din modstander.
Den første spiller til at fange mere end en vis mængde (afhængigt af bestyrelsen størrelse og/eller ønskede varighed af play) vil kræve sejr.
Blomstrer har en kort, elegant og enkelt sæt regler:
- ~ Hver spiller ejer to sten farver.
- ~ En "bloom" er en gruppe af forbundne sten af samme farve.
- ~ Den første spiller sætter en første sten overalt på bordet, så spillere alternative vender.
- ~ På en tur angive spiller skal en sten på en ledig plads, derefter kan placere en sten af den anden farve ejer eller passere.
- ~ Ved udgangen af en spiller tænder, hvis en modspiller bloom er indhegnet (ikke kan udvide i alle retninger) så det er fanget.
Vi vil gerne takke designer Nick Bently (El Poopo) til at foreslå sin kamp for en onlineversion her på BGA, og udvikler Adam Novotny (A-dam), der har gennemført det som hans tredje spil tilpasning ved hjælp af BGA Studio .
Hvis du elsker dette spil og sin "Zen Garden" æstetik, kunne du være interesseret i en boxed version. Designeren er faktisk tænker på at oprette en Kickstarter kampagne for at producere en, så hvis du ønsker at vise din interesse og blive underrettet når dette sker, kan du tilmelde dig her for nyheder! Nyd!