Isolate Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Getting Ready to Play
  • Strategy Tip
• How to Play Isolate
  • Moving Rows of Tiles
  • Isolating Tiles
  • Isolating Multiple Tiles
  • Strategy Tip
• Winning the Game

Contents

16 tiles (4 red, 4 yellow, 4 blue, 4 green), game board, instruction guide

Getting Ready to Play

Players remove and distribute the tiles.

1. Remove the tiles from their cells on the bottom of the game board.
2. Flip the game board over.
3. Players choose a color and collect their tiles. (If there are only two players, each player selects two colors, eight tiles in all.)

Players take turns putting tiles on the board until all tiles have been placed.

1. Player 1 places his tile anywhere on the game board.
2. Player 2 places her tile next to Player 1's tile.
3. Players 3 and 4 place their tiles. Tiles must be placed with at least one side touching another tile.
4. Players continue placing tiles on the board until all 16 tiles are placed.

Strategy Tip

Place your tiles carefully. Strategic placement will affect both your offensive and defensive moves during the game.

How to Play Isolate

Moving Rows of Tiles

Players take turns sliding one row of tiles at a time. A row of tiles consists of more than one tile. Players may slide a row beginning with any color tile.

• Start your move by pushing the tile at either end of a row. You may not start a move in the middle of a row.
• Tiles may be moved horizontally, or vertically.

You may not repeat the move of the previous player in the opposite direction.

Isolating Tiles

The aim of the game is to "isolate" all of your color tiles first. An "isolated" tile is separated from the other tiles on the game board.

An isolated tile no longer shares sides with the other tiles on the game board.

When a tile is isolated, the player removes it from the board and places it in his pile. The player then takes another turn.

Isolating Multiple Tiles

In just one move, a player may isolate two tiles, three tiles, or even four or more tiles!

If a player isolates an opponent's tile while isolating his own, the player removes all of the tiles, including that of his opponent.

Strategy Tip

Choose your moves wisely! If while isolating your tile(s) you isolate your opponent's tile(s), you will help your opponent as well as yourself.

Winning the Game

The first player to isolate and remove all of his color tiles from the board is the Isolate champion. With two players, a player only needs to remove one of his colors to win.