CirKis
{{Short description|Board game}}
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{{Infobox game
| title = CirKis
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| publisher = Winning Moves Games USA
Winning Moves France
Winning Moves Germany
Winning Moves UK
Hasbro
| designer = Phil E. Orbanes
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| players = 2 to 4
| ages = 8 and up
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| playing_time = 15-25 minutes
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CirKis is a piece placing board game, for two to four players, invented by Phil E. Orbanes and developed by Winning Moves Games USA in 2008.{{Cite web|title=CirKis™ Origin|url=http://www.winning-moves.com/974AC834972648769F406DE95E835622.asp?ccb_key=FE7D7E17EC58488B82A501337290458B|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203125532/http://www.winning-moves.com/974AC834972648769F406DE95E835622.asp?ccb_key=FE7D7E17EC58488B82A501337290458B|archive-date=2012-02-03|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Winning Moves Games}} However, the game is no longer in production. The game is based on a Penrose tiling.
Gameplay
The game is played on a decagonal board, which contains the scoring pegs, and has a storage well for each of the four coloured sets of pieces. There are 80 total pieces divided into four identical sets of purple, red, green and yellow.{{cite web|title=CirKis|url=http://www.hasbro.com/common/documents/dad261421c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/96FDA69319B9F36910D246251B91F7D5.pdf|accessdate=9 January 2015}}
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The first player must place a piece inside, or touching, the center circle. Then, every piece played must touch the piece previously placed on the board. So, on a player's turn, they must place a piece so it touches the piece that was just played by the previous player.
Players score points by completing circles and stars. If a player has majority of the five segments in the circle or star, they scores 10 points. A five point bonus is awarded to the player who completes the shape if they do not have majority in the shape.
A player can earn a free turn – play anywhere, in three ways:
- If they complete the centre star
- If they are the first player to use their silver piece
- If they place a piece that is completely surrounded and there is no adjacent spot for the other players to play.
Strategy
- Each player has the same exact pieces. There are large pieces that cover three segments of a circle. If a player has the chance to play these, they have immediate majority and will score 10 points when the shape is completed. There are no pieces covering three segments in a star.
- The smaller pieces like the arrow and wedge will come in very handy later in the game when trying to navigate out of tight spots.
- Free turns can be very valuable, but if the game results in a tie, the winner is the player with the greatest number of pieces remaining. This means that it took fewer moves for that player to reach 40 points.
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External links
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Category:Board games introduced in 2008