Hijara
| Year: | Essen 2004 |  |
| Designer: | Martin H. Samuel | |
| Publisher name: | Games Above Board | |
| Status: | In print | |
| Article number: | 137494 | |
| Price: | EUR 16.00 | |
| Type: | Board | |
| No. of players: | 2 | |
| Age: | 10 years and up | |
| Duration: | 40 minutes | |
| German reviews: | H@LL9000, ReichDerSpiele, Spielphase | |
| Predecessors: | Hijara; Great American Trading Company,The; Martin H. Samuel | |
| Successors: | Hijara (2004); Sterling Games@Sunnywood, Inc.; Martin H. Samuel | |
| Comment: | Available on the home page. | |
| Press info: | Hijara is a fast abstract strategy board game with a single rule but it retains deceptive depth . . . rewarding players who concentrate and pay attention to the evolving condition of the game board. Players are compelled to improve their game by the ever-shifting possibilities as each play opens up new dimensions (literally). With only 1 rule, that is so simple, one may be tricked into thinking Hijara is a simple game but the combination and permutations this rule can create make it a complex challenge. The Hijara board has 16 squares each divided into 4 numbered spaces. Players alternate placing stones, one at a time, on the board. Stones are placed on any square, filling the board at random but they must be placed on the lowest-numbered open space i.e. the 1st stone on any square must be placed on the 1. 4 stones in 4 squares in a row on 4 numbers of a kind, scores 10 points . . . 4 stones in a row in sequence i.e. 1-2-3-4, scores 15 points - horizontally, vertically or diagonally. 4 stones in 1 square, scores 20 points. Players keep score throughout the game but failure to do so forfeits the points. When the last stone is placed, the player with the highest total is the winner. Hijara is so easy to understand, even youngsters enjoy this game but for the more mature gamers, it is actually a very clever 3-D tower building game mapped onto a 2-D game board. For those who enjoy abstract strategy, this unique game will bring hours of enjoyment and it is never the same game twice in a row. A singular game of concentration, tactics, placement and point accumulation for two players age 10 and over - played on a numbered game board with 33 blue & 33 yellow small stones. Velour pouch supplied. A notepad and pens format is also available. It's not a matter of luck who overshadows whom . . . it's all in the mind! | |
| Contents: | 1 game board 33 blue glass stones 33 yellow glass stones Rules & instructions Pouch | |
| Last modified: | 09.01.07 | |
| Link to this page: | https://www.luding.org/cgi-bin/GameData.py/ENgameid/14675 | |