Borderland

Borderland is a game that combines Hex-like connective goals with Go-like territorial goals. The objective is to create a border with pieces by combination of placement and movement so that your territory occupies more than half of the board.
This game was inspired by Dale Walton’s Make Muster (2019).

COMPONENTS
・Regular hexagonal board (91 hexes) 6hexes per side
・Sufficient number of stones in two colors

OBJECTIVE
A border is an unbroken group of same-colored pieces that connect non-adjacent sides of the board.

When the board is divided into two or more areas by the creation of your border, all but the area containing the most opponent pieces becomes your territory.

The player who has more than half of the board as his/her territory wins.

SETUP
First, one player places one piece of each of the two colors in the desired position. Next, the other player decides which color to play (Pie Rule). White is the first player.

GAMEPLAY
The turn player can perform up to two actions that are consist of any combination and order of these actions: placing one of your pieces and moving one of your piece.

However, placement cannot be done twice in one turn. Also, a player cannot move a placed piece or move the same piece twice in the same turn.

When placing a piece, it must be at least one step away from all of your pieces and at least two steps away from all of your opponents' pieces.

You may skip one of the actions, but you may not pass an entire turn.

EMERGENCY FHASE
If one player makes a border but fails to achieve the win condition, the game moves to the Emergency Phase. In this phase, players can place their pieces one step away from the opponent's stones and can move the same piece twice in the same turn player.

The Emergency Phase is canceled when there are no more borders on the board by moving a piece that forms a border.