Description
Yin Yang Koi is an abstract board game.
"Yin" and "Yang",two families of Koi were struggle for control of the pond.You can move your Koi, place your fry or flip fry from opposing side to your side.
Goal of the game
Placing a predetermined number of fryes to control the pond, and the winner is the player to reach the goal first.
Set Up
1)Lay out the board between two players.
2)Players choose a family, Yin or Yang.
3)Yin player take 5 Yin koies;Yang player take 5 Yang koies.
4)Player take turns to place a koi on any position of the board until all of them were placed.
5)Set aside all fryes near the board.
Overview of a game round
On your turn, you must move one of your pieces, then place your new counters and flip opposing's counters along the trail of that piece.When your turn is over, the opponent take his turns in the manner.
Game Play Details
Yin player play first.Play alternates between two players.
1)Swim
On your turn,you must
1.Choose one of your koies.
2.Choose a direction for the koi.
3.The koi keep swiming along the direction until it was blocked.
2)Stop
The koi must swim at least one point before stop, follow block can stop your koi:
A.Taiji
B.Koies of your side
C.Fryes of your side
3)Jump
As Koi love jump,the board edge can't stop it.If a koi swim to the board edge, it will jump over the board and dive into the edge of the other side and keep swim.
4)Forbidden
Your koi can't
A. Swim to touch koi of opposing side.
B. Swim along a direction that never meets a block.
Eat Fryes & Spawn Fryes
Koi eat fryes of opposing family and spwan fryes of their own family.After the koi swim and stop:
A.Place fryes of your side onto The initial point of your koi and any blank point the koi swim over.
B.Flip over any opposing fry that may already be on points the koi swim over.
c.The final point of your koi remains without a fry, as a point can contain only a koi or a fry.
Game End
Game end and the player win if:
A.He place 14 fryes of his color on the board
or
B.Any koi of his opponent can't swim
Variant
Quick Mode
During Setup phase, both players set their koies as follwing positon
Customize Winning Condition
Players can set 15 or more fryes as wining number.
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