The X+Y Files

Issue 1

Dodgem

This is a game for two players, each with three pieces. At the start of the game these are arranged as shown below.

The aim of the game is to move your pieces to the opposite side of the board and then off the board. In each turn you may move a piece one square forwards or sideways, but not backwards or diagonally. In one turn per game one of your pieces can be interchanged with one of your opponent’s pieces. (If none of your pieces can move you lose a turn.)

The first player to move all his pieces off the board is the winner.

(In some versions of this game an extra rule that makes draws possible is added. If the player who started the game is the first to move all his pieces off the board, then the second player is allowed one more move.)





Click on the image to the right to get a board that you can print out.