Description

Obelisk is a 2 player game that is played on the spaces of a 7x7 board.

48 Reversi/Othello pieces and a single white piece, known as the Obelisk is all that is needed.

Objective
Last player to make a valid move on his turn wins.

Definitions
Adjacent from now on means, orthogonally and diagonally adjacent.

Play
The Obelisk is placed at the center of the board at start.

Decide who goes first.

Players have 2 moves per turn, but may do one of two actions per move.

1.Place a reversi piece white side up on an empty adjacent space to the Obelisk and then move the Obelisk away from the placed reversi piece a queens move any distance across the board, so long as the move also ends on an empty space or

2.Place a reversi piece white side up on an empty space that is in line of sight with the Obelisk and then moving the Obelisk like a queens move, adjacent to that placed reversi piece, so long as the move also ends on an empty space.

Note and restrictions

•The Obelisk when moving, may travel over any number of white faced reversi pieces, but in doing so must flip over all those pieces to their black sides.

•The Obelisk may not travel over any black pieces.

The game ends when a player on her turn is unable to place a reversi piece and move the Obelisk, making her opponent the winner.