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==Setup==
==Setup==


Using a chessboard bandanna or a chessboard block off the 4 corner spaces, these are not to be used by any player. On the outside rows of the board, set up six pieces for each player(two of each size of one color). Set them up with the pawns on the outside then the drones then the queens on the inside. When complete the board should look similar to the figure below for a four-player game. The row a color starts in is that color's 'Home Row'.
Using a chessboard bandanna or a chessboard, block off the four corner spaces; these are not to be used by any player. On the outside rows of the board, set up six pieces for each player, two of each size of one color, with the pawns on the outside, the drones inside them, and the queens on the inside. When complete, the board should look similar to the figure below for a four-player game. The row that a color starts in is that color's 'Home Row'.


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==Movement==
==Movement==
A player may move one piece per turn with his normal movement. Movement varies for each piece in WreckTangle. Normal movements are as follows:<br>
You may move one piece per turn with your normal movement. Movement varies for each piece in WreckTangle. Normal movements are as follows:
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Pawns can move exactly 2 spaces orthogonally.<br>


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Drones can move exactly 2 spaces diagonally<br>
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Queens can move exactly 2 spaces either orthogonally or diagonally<br>
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In addition to the normal movement, each turn a player rolls a Treehouse die, and ''may'' move ''any'' piece on the board in accordance with the result, including your opponents pieces. You do not have to use your Treehouse move but you ''must'' make your normal move. You may make your Treehouse move before or after your normal move. Therefore, it is a good idea to roll before moving.
In addition to the normal movement, roll a Treehouse die each turn, and you ''may'' move ''any'' piece on the board in accordance with the result, including your opponents' pieces. You do not have to use your Treehouse move, but you ''must'' make your normal move. You may make your Treehouse move before or after your normal move. Therefore, it is a good idea to roll before moving.


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==Capturing==
==Capturing==
Once you form a rectangle with four of your pyramids, you will then capture other pyramids. If the coin is showing heads, you capture all of your opponents pyramids inside of the rectangle, excluding the edges. If the coin is showing tails, you capture all of your opponents' pyramids along the edges of the rectangle, but none inside of it. After you form a rectangle, flip the coin over to its other side.<br>
Once you form a rectangle with four of your pyramids, you will then capture other pyramids. If the coin is showing heads, you capture all of your opponents' pyramids inside of the rectangle, excluding the edges. If the coin is showing tails, you capture all of your opponents' pyramids along the edges of the rectangle, but none inside of it. After you form a rectangle, flip the coin over to its other side.<br>


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You can only capture on the turn the rectangle is formed. You may not make captures with any parts of your rectangle in a home row (Yours or anyone else's. You may move into a home row, just not capture from there). You may not make consecutive captures with the same rectangle. In other words, after a capture, you may not simply move one pyramid then move it back again for another capture.
You can only capture on the turn the rectangle is formed. You may not make captures with any parts of your rectangle in a home row (yours or anyone else's. You may move into a home row, just not capture from there). You may not make consecutive captures with the same rectangle. In other words, after a capture, you may not simply move one pyramid then move it back again for another capture.


==Winning==
==Winning==

Latest revision as of 16:36, 29 February 2020

WreckTangle
Carlton Noles
Abstract Strategy Game
:Players Players: 2 - 4
:Time Length: Medium
:Complexity Complexity: Medium
Trios per color: 2
Number of colors: 1 per player
Pyramid trios:
Monochr. stashes: 1 per player
Five-color sets: 2
- - - - - - Other equipment - - - - - -
Chessboard, one coin, Treehouse die
Setup time: 1 minute
Playing time: 20 - 40 minutes
Strategy depth: Medium
Random chance: Medium
Game mechanics:
Theme: Abstract
BGG Link: 34921
Status: Complete (v1.0), Year released: 2007

Setup[edit | edit source]

Using a chessboard bandanna or a chessboard, block off the four corner spaces; these are not to be used by any player. On the outside rows of the board, set up six pieces for each player, two of each size of one color, with the pawns on the outside, the drones inside them, and the queens on the inside. When complete, the board should look similar to the figure below for a four-player game. The row that a color starts in is that color's 'Home Row'.

  ::SPN ::MPN ::LPN ::LPN ::MPN ::SPN  
::SPN             ::SPN
::MPN             ::MPN
::LPN             ::LPN
::LPN             ::LPN
::MPN             ::MPN
::SPN             ::SPN
  ::SPN ::MPN ::LPN ::LPN ::MPN ::SPN  

Place the coin off to the side with the heads side up.

Movement[edit | edit source]

You may move one piece per turn with your normal movement. Movement varies for each piece in WreckTangle. Normal movements are as follows:

Pawns can move exactly
two spaces orthogonally
    :SPN    
    ⬆    
:SPN ⬅ ::SPN ➡ :SPN
    ⬇    
    :SPN    

  

Drones can move exactly
two spaces diagonally
:MPN       :MPN
  ⬉   ⬈  
    ::MPN    
  ⬋   ⬊  
:MPN       :MPN

  

Queens can move exactly two spaces
either orthogonally or diagonally
:LPN   :LPN   :LPN
  ⬉ ⬆ ⬈  
:LPN ⬅ ::LPN ➡ :LPN
  ⬋ ⬇ ⬊  
:LPN   :LPN   :LPN

In addition to the normal movement, roll a Treehouse die each turn, and you may move any piece on the board in accordance with the result, including your opponents' pieces. You do not have to use your Treehouse move, but you must make your normal move. You may make your Treehouse move before or after your normal move. Therefore, it is a good idea to roll before moving.

:TIP Move a pyramid 1 space directly away from its home row
:SWAP Swap the positions of two pyramids on the board
:HOP Move a pyramid 1 space diagonally toward its home row
:DIG Move a pyramid 1 space diagonally away from its home row
:AIM Move a pyramid 1 space directly toward its home row
:WILD Choose one of the above

Capturing[edit | edit source]

Once you form a rectangle with four of your pyramids, you will then capture other pyramids. If the coin is showing heads, you capture all of your opponents' pyramids inside of the rectangle, excluding the edges. If the coin is showing tails, you capture all of your opponents' pyramids along the edges of the rectangle, but none inside of it. After you form a rectangle, flip the coin over to its other side.

Heads captures inside the rectangle
  ::MPN     ::LPN  
           
           
           
           
  ::MPN     ::LPN  

  

Tails captures along the
edges of the rectangle
           
  ::MPN     ::LPN  
           
           
  ::MPN     ::LPN  
           

You can only capture on the turn the rectangle is formed. You may not make captures with any parts of your rectangle in a home row (yours or anyone else's. You may move into a home row, just not capture from there). You may not make consecutive captures with the same rectangle. In other words, after a capture, you may not simply move one pyramid then move it back again for another capture.

Winning[edit | edit source]

When three of a player's pieces are captured, that player is out of the game. The last player left in the game is the winner.

Links[edit | edit source]

Entered in the Icehouse Game Design Competition, Winter 2008
Winner: Martian 12s - Runners-Up: WreckTangle, Timelock
Other Entries (in alphabetical order): Chicken Run, Hunt, Martian Gunslinger, Timberland, Virus Fight
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