Anchor 2D 2008

Anchor 2D is a two player game played on a hexagonal patterned triangle with two windows. The board is initially empty. Anchor 2D is a two dimensional adaptation of Anchor, a three dimensional game. Each player takes possession of an entire set of stones of one color, black or white. Draws cannot occur in Anchor 2D.

PlayPlayers take turns adding their stones to unoccupied cells on the board, one stone per turn. Stones are never placed on the green, edge cells. Black makes the first placement of the game. Each player will always have a placement available on his turn and must make one.

A pair is simply a pair of adjacent edges. So for example edges b and c form the pair (b,c). Edges d and f form the pair (d,f).

To anchor a pair, you must form an interconnected group of your stones which connects to each edge of the pair and to any other edge. An anchor cannot surround a window with the two edges of the pair and the stones that comprise the anchor.

To win you must anchor 5 pairs.