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designer=[[User:Fogus | by Fogus]] |
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description=A game of Pungo setup and ready to play |
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''Pungo'' is a simple abstract game of perfect information involving pyramid movement determined by a 6-sided die, but not in the way you might think.
== Setup ==
To play you’ll need two 3x4 boards (you can simply draw them on paper), a normal 6-sided, and 9
One 3x4 board should be placed between the players — this is the ''game arena''. The other 3x4 board should be placed to the side of the game arena with the die showing the 1-pip placed in one of the center squares — this is the ''controlled roll'' surface:
[[Image:cr-grid-setup.png]]
You should setup the game arena in the following configuration:
[[Image:pungo-setup.png]]
The details of the setup are according to the center cells, from left to right:
# A large pyramid on top of a medium on top of a small
# A large pyramid on top of a medium
# A small pyramid on top of a large
# A medium pyramid on top of a small
One player is assigned a row of three cells to be their ''home row'' while the other player gets the row on the opposite end. Once setup, the game can begin.
== Goal ==
There are two ways to win:
# You get a symmetric arrangement of pyramids, according to size, in your home
# Your opponent’s row contains all of the pyramids, in any
In either case, the arrangement of pieces must arise as the result of using all of your allocated movement points, described next.
== Turns ==
On each turn a player takes two actions:
# Make a controlled roll of the die
# Move some number of pieces some number of squares orthogonally
On each turn the player to move is allocated a certain number of movement points as shown on the top of the die. The first player of the game will always get 1-point of movement.
=== The controlled roll ===
A ''controlled roll'' is a way to utilize a die in such a way as to eliminate random results. To do this a player tumbles a die along the 3x4 grid from one face to another, as shown below:
[[Image:cr-grid-flips.png]]
The only constraints on movement is that a die cannot exit the bounds of the grid nor be be flipped into a square where is came from previously.
=== Pyramid movement ===
Pyramids cost the following to move 1-square orthogonal from where they sit:
# Small pyramid
# Medium pyramid
# Large pyramid
Movement points can be spent to move a single pyramid multiple times or multiple pyramids in turn. The points available are indicated by the face showing on the top of the die.
==== Passing and remaining movement points ====
Players cannot pass and must move as indicated by the value of the die and all points must be spent on each turn.
==== Movement constraints ====
There are rules regarding how pyramids may be moved:
* No pyramid can land, even in passing, on a smaller pyramid
* Landing on an empty square during movement freezes a pyramid
* A pyramid resting on an empty square can be move to any orthogonal
* An unfrozen pyramid can move across the top of any number of
* A pile of pyramids can move, as long as the movement points
Once movement points are spent, no more pyramids can be moved during that player’s turn. When a player can no longer move she may then make a ''controlled roll'' of the die before the start of the next player’s turn.
== Variations ==
There are tweaks to the base rules that you can use to change the way that ''Pungo'' plays.
=== Averaging Pungo ===
If you have an averaging die then the points are allocated as shown. However, if you only have a regular die then allocate the points as follows:
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This will help to keep point allocations more stable.
=== Decision Pungo ===
Decision Pungo reverses the order of the actions on a player’s turn, all other rules and constraints being the same. That is, the new order is:
# Move some number of pieces some number of squares orthogonally
# Make a controlled roll of the die
This means that on your turn you always determine the movement points for your opponent’s turn. This can lead to some difficult decisions.
=== Chaos Pungo ===
Instead of allowing the opposing player to choose which way to flip to movement die, the choice on each turn can be randomized. That is, before a player moves she rolls the movement die. The value on the die still determines which pyramid can move.
=== Pyramid die Pungo ===
Instead of using a d6 to allocate movement points, you can use a pyramid die as packaged in the games [
Instead of allocating raw points used for movement, the pyramid die used will indicate a choice of the kinds of pyramids that may be moved. The controlled rolling mechanism is used just as in the regular rules, but on each turn there will be, on average, less options for moving using the pyramid die.
=== Three-color Pungo ===
Instead of using 9 pyramids of the same color you can use 9 pyramids of three different colors where each color has one small, one medium, and one large pyramid. All of the rules of the basic game still hold except that symmetrical conditions must take into account color in addition to sizes.
== Design notes ==
''Pungo'' is inspired by the fun game [
In the process of playing around with
The design of Machipungo naturally got me thinking about Looney Pyramids again and my quest to eliminate the luck from Pink Hijinks. Therefore, I took the lessons from Machipungo and applied them to a pyramids design called simply, Pungo. The ''controlled roll'' mechanic is inspired by both [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15874/bushi-shogi Bushi Shogi] and my design inspired by it called [
Enjoy.
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