Bōku (game)

Bōku (game)

"Bōku" is an abstract strategy board game played by putting marbles on a perforated hexagonal board with 80 spaces. The game has also been sold under the name "Bollox", and later "Bolix".

"Bōku" belongs to the class of connection games ("n-in-a-row" games) similar to Gomoku or "Connect Four". It has two main rules:

* the game is won by putting five marbles into a row
* if a player traps two of his opponent's marbles between two of his own, he may remove one of the sandwiched marbles (and the opponent may not put a marble back into the same place with his next move).

A "Bōku" world championship takes place at the Mind Sports Olympiad in England and the champion of 2006 was David M. Pearce (England). The 2005 "Bōku" World Champion was Joey Ho from London, who was aged 17 when he claimed the title after defeating reigning champion David Pearce. The previous champions were David M. Pearce, England (2003 and 2004), Ben Pridmore, England (2002), Jan Palmgren, Sweden (2001) and David Glaude, Belgium (2000).

External links

* [http://boku.bandoodle.co.uk/ The Game of "Bōku"]
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