YINSH details
- Designer: Kris Burm
- Artists: Kris Burm, lu'cifer
- Publishers: DiceTree Games, Don & Co., HUCH!, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Rio Grande Games, Schmidt Spiele, Smart Toys and Games, Inc., 黑城堡桌游 Black Castle Games
- Release Date: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2017
- Player count : 2
- Age range : 9+
- Time range : 30 - 60 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Catch the Leader, Grid Movement, Map Deformation, Map Reduction, Melding and Splaying, Network and Route Building, Pattern Building, Pieces as Map, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection, Static Capture, Three Dimensional Movement, Variable Set-up
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In YINSH, the players each start with five rings on the board. Every time a ring is moved, it leaves a marker behind. Markers are white on one side and black on the other. When markers are jumped over by a ring they must be flipped, so their color is constantly changing. The players must try to form a row of five markers with their own color face up. If a player succeeds in doing so, he removes one of his rings as an indication that he has formed such a row. The first player to remove three of his rings wins the game. In other words, each row you make brings you closer to victory-but also makes you weaker, because you have one fewer ring to play with. Very tricky!
Remember Othello? The Project GIPF title YINSH is SO much better. Find out more in Tom's review of YINSH.
A selection of my choice of gateway games from my collection. YMMV, of course.
