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Trike is a two-player abstract board game played on a triangular board with hexagonal cells.
The game was invented by Alek Erickson in 2020.
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Trike is played on a triangular board with hexagonal cells. The board may have a side length from 7 to 19. Side lengths from 7 to 10 are recommended for learning the game, while side lengths from 13 to 15 are standard for serious competitive play.
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The goal of Trike is to score more points than the opponent when the neutral pawn is trapped. Trike has no draws. |
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The game begins with an empty board. There are two players: Black and White. Each player uses checkers of their own color. The players share a neutral pawn. Opening and pie rule Black plays first by placing a Black checker on any empty cell and the neutral pawn on top of it. Since the first player has an advantage, the pie rule is used to make the game fair. This rule allows White to switch colors after Black makes the opening move. If White does not switch colors, White makes a regular move. Movement Players take turns moving the neutral pawn. Passing is not allowed. The pawn may move any number of empty cells in any of the six directions in a straight line. It may not move onto or jump over an occupied cell. To make a move, the player first places a checker of their own color on the destination cell, then moves the neutral pawn on top of that checker.
End of the game and scoring The game ends when the neutral pawn is trapped and has no legal move. Each player scores one point for every checker of their color adjacent to the pawn or underneath it.
The player with the higher score wins. The score always includes one point for the final move and one point for the preceding move. Therefore, who makes the final move has no bearing on who wins the game. |
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