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Nonaga

DUel in limited space

19 monochrome wooden discs are used to form the game board, they are arranged in a hexagon shape. Each player has three pawns of a color, black or red, and tries to be first to arrange them on adjacent discs, At the start of the game players put their pawns in alternate sequence on the corner discs of the game board. Then the starting player is randomly determined.

The active player moves one of his pawns forward in a straight line until it reaches the edge of the board or another pawn, regardless if it is one of his own or one of the opponent. Then you remove an accessible disc from the edge of the board and place it elsewhere. The rules for this are: You can only relocate a disc if you can move it out of the board without moving any other disc. At its new location, the disc must touch at least two other discs. It is, however, allowed to move a disc and cause another, remaining disc to be only adjacent to one other disc in the board. By relocating a disc, you must not isolate another disc, that is, divide the game board in two! The opposing player must not relocate the disc relocated by the active player in his immediate next turn. The winning condition of arranging three pawns on three adjacent discs can be achieved in any arrangement, be it a triangle, a straight line or a “tick” shape.

Small, elegant, good - a game from Steffen Spiele! Nonaga is again an abstract placement game with most simple rules and lots of tactical in-game-depth, especially as relocating a disc can force a player into an unwanted “longer” move! Nonaga is an interesting, very good addition to the range of games for two players.

Players: 2

Age: 10+

Time: 15+

Designer: Viktor Bautista i Roca

Artist: Steffen Mühlhäuser

Price: ca. 12 Euro

Publisher: Steffen Spiele 2017

Web: www.steffen-spiele.de

Genre: Abstract, placement

Users: With friends

Special: 2 players

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very simple rules

Elegant components

Lots of tactical in-game depth

Compares to:

Abstract placement games for two with a changing board

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0