Pixel Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Object of the Game
• Setup
• How to Play
• Winning the Game
• Tie Game
• Strategy Tips

Contents

• Game board
• 95 game pieces (30 blue, 30 orange, 20 yellow, 15 pink)

Object of the Game

Be the first player to have three game pieces of your color in a row. This may be vertical, horizontal or diagonal. With two or three players, the goal is to get four in a row.

Setup

1. First, choose a color. With two players, use blue and orange. With three players, use blue, orange and yellow. With four players, use all colors.
2. Each player places one game piece in one of the four middle squares.

Note: If there are only two players, the two game pieces must be placed diagonally with respect to each other.

3. Choose which player goes first. Position the sliders so that their intersection falls on the game piece of the starting player.

The setup diagrams in the leaflet show the starting arrangement for 4 players, 3 players and 2 players.

How to Play

During each turn, a player decides which slider to move. Sliders must be moved so that they intersect at an empty square. Once a game piece has been placed, it may no longer be moved.

1. Player 1 moves one of the sliders so that a new intersection is created on the board. Player 1 places their game piece on this square.
   • The leaflet's example labels: "This slider was not moved during this turn" (the slider that was not moved) and "Blue moved this slider during this turn" (the slider that the blue player moved); "Blue places a game piece on the new intersection."
2. Player 2 moves one of the sliders and places a game piece on the new intersection.
   • The leaflet's example labels: "Pink was second to play and moved this slider" (the slider that the pink player moved).

Winning the Game

With 4 players: Pink wins! Get three in a row of your color, horizontal, vertical or diagonal, and win.

With 2 or 3 players: Blue wins! Get four in a row of your color, horizontal, vertical or diagonal, and win.

The leaflet shows an example board for each case.

Tie Game

With 4 players: If no player gets three in a row, the player with the most two-in-a-rows wins.

With 2 or 3 players: If no player gets four in a row, the player with the most three-in-a-rows wins.

Strategy Tips

• Keep a close eye on your opponent's position on the board. You can prevent your opponent from placing a particular game piece on a particular place. Do this by making sure that your move does not cause the slider to land on a good line for your opponent.
• If you are playing with more than two players, it is smart to concentrate on hindering the player who is next to move after you.
• Try to place your pieces so that you can win by placing a game piece on either end of a row. This doubles the number of places your opponent has to keep in mind.