Churn
Churn is a 2-player hex strategy game about groups of increasing sizes.
Players take turns placing stones, but must place new stones so that the smallest possible friendly group is formed.
After each turn, all friendly groups smaller than the one just formed are removed.
Number of players: 2
Game duration: 6 mn
Complexity: 2 / 5
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Rules summary
Setup
Choose a board layout. Note that layouts larger than 3 may take a long time to play.
Gameplay
To start, Red covers any space.
From then on, starting with Blue, players take turns.
Pie Rule
On their first turn, Blue has the option to skip their turn and change colors. The existing Red marble will be treated as their own. The pie rule can only happen once per game.
Your Turn
On your turn, you must cover an empty space. You must form the smallest group of connected friendly marbles possible.
- Example: If you can place a marble in isolation, which makes a friendly group of size 1, you must do that.
After placing a marble, you must remove all friendly groups that are smaller than the new group.
- Example: If you form a group of size 3, you must remove all friendly groups of sizes 1 and 2.
End of Game
The game ends when the board is full. The player with the most marbles on the board wins.
Note that a tie is impossible.