Rumis

Infobox_Game
subject_name=Rumis
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designer=Stefan Kögl
publisher=Sekkoia, Educational Insights, Murmel Spielwerkstatt und Verlag, Alary Games
players=2-4
ages=8 and up
setup_time= 2 minutes
playing_time= 15 Minutes
complexity=Medium
strategy=Low
random_chance=None
skills=Strategic thought, Spatial Visualization Ability
bggid= 6411
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Rumis is a game about optimal placement of blocks of various shapes within a confined space. The name means "stones" in the language of Quechua. The theme and artwork are inspired by the Inca architecture.

Rules

Equipment

There are several playing boards available - each with a different architectural theme. The pieces are composed of two, three, and four cubes. Each player has eleven colored blocks, each block with a different shape (two of the four cube blocks are reflections of each other).

Setup

Start with the board empty, the "Chieftan" in a corner, and with each player's neutral and colored blocks in pairs.

Object

The goal of the game is to have the most blocks of your color visible from the top at the end of the game.

Play

Play rotates among the players. On the first round, a piece must be placed touching a piece of another color. On each following round, blocks played must touch a piece of their own color.

trategy

Being a game for younger players, the strategic element is not as deep as other block games such as pueblo, however it still does have a strategic element of limiting other player's moves and saving your own pieces with a large surface area for play at the top of the structure.

Variants

* Rumis can be played by two players, with each player controlling two colors.
* Rumis can be played as a solitaire game creating a soma cube with some number of pieces.

External links

* [http://eiftp.com/downloads/guides/2992_Rumis_G.pdf Rules for Rumis] from publisher's website.