Entropy (board game)

There are at least two board games known under the name "Entropy". Both are two-player abstract strategic games played on square boards.

Eric Solomon's "Entropy"

Eric Solomon's game was invented and published in 1977. It is played on a square board divided into 7×7 cells where one player ("Order") is trying to make patterns while his opponent ("Chaos") is trying to prevent this. The game has been included as one of the events at the annual Mind Sports Olympiad ever since its inception and is marketed under the names "Hyle" (for a simplified version played on a 5×5 board) and "Hyle7".

Augustine Carreno's "Entropy"

Augustine Carreno's game was published in 1994. It is played on a square board divided into 5×5 cells with seven black and seven white pieces setup initially like for the Korean board game Five Field Kono. Here for each player the object is to be first to go from the initial position, in which all the player's pieces can move, to a position in which none can. A piece is enabled to move only when it is in contact, horizontally, vertically or diagonally with at least another piece of the same type.

External links

* The [http://www.msoworld.com/rules/entropy-g.html full game rules for Solomon's game] are available from the [http://www.msoworld.com/ Mind Sports Worldwide home page] .
* The [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/entropy.html full game rules for Carreno's game] are available from Richard Rognlie's Play-By-eMail Server.
*bgg|1329|"Hyle"