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Created by Cameron Browne, 2003-10-04
Keith Carter, W. D. Troyka receive many thanks for generous help.
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3 variants
Connection
2-player
3-dimensional
custom Engine
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Akron is a marble stacking connection game. Players win by connecting their edges of the board with a chain of their marbles. Marbles are connected if they touch orthogonally (squarely) or one rests directly upon the other.
If a chain crosses over another chain then the uppermost chain prevails; the lower chain is cut until the upper connection is removed (over/under rule).
Each turn the current player must either:
(1) Drop one of their marbles onto an empty board hole, or;
(2) Pick up one of their marbles and move it to a connected valid empty point. The marble cannot have more than one marble resting directly upon it from the level above.
An empty point is valid if it is either a board hole, or a flat stable square formed by four adjacent supporting marbles on the level below. A point is connected if a path can be traced from it back to the piece being moved, by stepping through adjacent pieces of the same colour. At least one other piece must be involved in the connected path.
Moving a marble may cause higher marbles to drop. Any dropping marbles are removed from the connectivity and support calculations for that move. That is, any marble whichs drops cannot be used as a support piece for that move, nor can it be used as part of the path connecting any destination point.
First move equalisation: The player to move second may capture the opening piece by replacement. This is not the same as swapping colours, but has the same end result of discouraging overly strong opening moves.
A player loses if they cannot move. One player must win!
The Akron home page can be found at: http://members.optusnet.com.au/cyberite/akron/akron-1.htm
Please send comments and feedback to: cameronb@optusnet.com.au |
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