- Pentago
Pentago is a two-player
abstract strategy game invented by Tomas Flodén. The Swedish companyMindtwister has the rights of developing and commercializing the product.The game is played on a 6×6 board divided into four 3×3 sub-boards (or quadrants). Taking turns, the two players place a marble of their color (either black or white) onto an unoccupied space on the board, and then rotate one of the sub-boards by 90 degrees either clockwise or counter-clockwise. A player wins by getting five of their marbles in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal row (either before or after the sub-board rotation in their move). If all 36 spaces on the board are occupied without a row of five being formed then the game is a draw.
Awards
* Game of the Year
2005 inSweden
* Award winner inMensa Mind Games 2006 [http://www.ofb.net/~whuang/gp/mmg2006/index.cgi?game=pen&iname=&isize= Review] Pentago is also available as online game where one can invite friends via email or play agains the computer, http://www.pentago-online.com So far Pentago has won 8 major awards, lastly Game of the Year 2007, by Creative Child Magazine.External links
* [http://www.pentago-online.com Pentago Online]
* [http://mickael.rouvier.free.fr/pentago.php Game Pentago]
* [http://www.pentago.co.uk/ Pentago UK site]
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