ISAAC - An abstract strategy game by Wentu

Isaac is a new original abstract strategy game for two players created by Emiliano "Wentu" Venturini in 2010.

You can play Isaac at http://www.iggamecenter.com/gadget.html?lang=en&gid=134

You can find all the material regarding Isaac at:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/88113/isaac

If you are in any way interested in Isaac (publishing it, implementing it, discussing it or whatever) please contact me on Isaac's FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Isaac/115148775222475

The game is divided in two different phases, placement and scoring.
During the placement, a player places one of his rectangular pieces on the available spaces of a 10x10 square grid board.
During the scoring, each player removes one of his pieces from the board, scoring a number of points equal to the number written on the removed piece times the number of pieces that lie on the row/column from which the piece was removed. A piece can be removed only if it is at least long as the longest piece already removed by the same player.
Each player uses his/her own counter to keep track of his/her points but the counter itself is placed on the board (that is, the board is also the score track). The presence of a counter on the row/column from which a piece is taken doubles the points scored. A player can decide to score less points than he/she earned, therefore allowing to place the score counter in a more convenient place.


Isaac has been published by NestorGames.
Please notice that there has been some little but significant changes from the prototype i showed here.
Coordinates on the board now go from 0 to 9 instead of 1 to 10. At the beginning of the second phase you immediately put your counter on the? leftmost square of the row in front of you to mark your score of 0 points. This means counters are immediately available for doublings along the perimetral lines.


By the same author:

Foundations (to be played with an Isaac set)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMPh47DeyS4
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/108991/foundations

Hari (to be played with an Isaac set)
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/108994/hari

Carnac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsvxx_AdA-Q
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103061/carnac

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Gaming

Tags:

• Isaac
• game
• board
• strategy
• abstract
• Wentu
• 2 players
• iggc

[JWentu]

Isaac has been published by NestorGames.

Please notice that there has been some little but significant changes from the prototype i showed here.

Coordinates on the board now go from 0 to 9 instead of 1 to 10. At the beginning of the second phase you immediately put your counter on the leftmost square of the row in front of you to mark your score of 0 points. This means counters are immediately available for doublings along the perimetral lines.

[tqliu]

you sound like yoda

[Rugerfred]

Grande gioco! ;)