Sekk and never giving up…

Some time ago I had an idea for an online board game called Sekk which means “stone”. Pushing it on BoardGameGeek proved positive but not great. Some called it confusing. Today, I ordered a new chess set and was digging out my old boards for the pieces. I wanted a wooden one. That’s when it hit me: Sekk could make its transition to physical boardgame if I stacked up the “stones”. So tonight, I’m doing the play testing. And maybe my ex-GF or I will pitch the game later this month. Three cheers for never giving up.

More later…

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So the rules of Stak-tak-toe are simple:

1. 2 Players are given 3 sizes of stone they can place or stack as a square grid anywhere.
2. The only obvious rule is small stones can’t carry bigger ones.
3. A stone impinges on another by piling on it by the  corners of the grid square
4. If 5 stones impinge on 1, the score is 10. If 4 stones impinge on 2, the score is 2 etc.
5. Strategically, players choose to place smaller stones instead of bigger ones to avoid being surrounded
6. If all a player’s big stones are used up, the opponent must then follow, place his big stones and stack up the smaller ones as best

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Was thinking that STT needs 3 big stones on grid before stacking a smaller one. Played a game against myself where White held back his big stones and won by 4 points. Amazing strategy options!

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Finally made myself some decent STT pieces from salt dough. I will use cheap salt and maybe some cheap coffee water to make the dough. Must remember not to use wheat starch, but wheat flour. Will set up a store on Shopee once I make 20 perfect sets with packaging. Will charge a low price of maybe 4.99RM. Also need to go on BGG to announce it. Play-testing is quite fun despite the evil blockade. I need to be more thorough and get featured on someone big's channel.

So I will try making better pieces tomorrow morning, using a slick razorblade to bevel the edges and create depressions. After dinner, I'll do some more playtesting to see if anything seriously wrong develops.

Been thinking of a 2-piece stack blocking move against a certain-surround attack. But the defender's number of attacking pieces will be reduced. Is STT deep or what?