Arrow Cubes

Copyright© June 2003 a PyroMyth game for 2 players

Required Materials

· 4x4 board

· Two Arrow cubes one Red, one Black described below

Goal

Capture your opponents cube or force them to stalemate you.

Set Up

Each player will orient the cube as they like and place them on opposite corners or the board keeping the starting orientation hidden from the other until both are placed. Simultaneously the cubes are reveled; the starting player is determined by the arrows on the top face of each cube.

If both cubes arrows are oriented along the same axis then Black moves first, if the arrows are opposed i.e. not oriented along the same axis Red plays first.

I hope it will be obvious that the arrows should always be pointing in one of the 4 cardinal directions N, S, E, or W in relation with the board.

How to Play

Each turn a player must move their cube by tipping it over to an open square with the following restrictions.

You may not move back to the last square you occupied.

You may not move into a square that your opponent is threatening.

Capturing your Opponent

A player captures their opponent when after making a legal move they are adjacent to the enemy piece and the arrow on the top face of their cube is pointing towards them.