Focus (board game)

Focus is an abstract strategy board game, designed by Sid Sackson and first published in 1964 by Kosmos. The game has been re-published many times since, sometimes under the titles Domination or Dominio. Focus won the 1981 Spiel des Jahres and Essen Feather awards. The game appears in Sackson's A Gamut of Games in the section New Battles on an Old Battlefield.

Focus
Designer(s)Sid Sackson
Publisher(s)Kosmos (Germany)
Publication date1964
Players2 to 4
Playing time45 min
Skill(s) requiredStrategy

Gameplay

Starting positions

Two to four players move stacks of one to five pieces around a checkerboard with the three squares in each corner removed, thus forming a 6×6 board with 1×4 extensions on each side. Stacks may move as many spaces as there are pieces in the stack. Players may only move a stack if the topmost piece in the stack is one of their pieces. When a stack lands on another stack, the two stacks merge; if the new stack contains more than five pieces, then pieces are removed from the bottom to bring it down to five. If a player's own piece is removed, they are kept and may be placed on the board later in lieu of moving a stack. If an opponent's piece is removed, it is captured. The last player who is able to move a stack wins.

See also

References

  • Sackson, Sid (1982) [1st Pub. 1969, Random House, New York]. "Focus". A Gamut of Games. Pantheon Books. pp. 125–35. ISBN 0-394-71115-7.
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