*sigh* I had several paragraphs written about this game, and then I hit preview and found that I was logged out.

So short version: it's a connection game, it's quite a bit of fun, it has a fairly nice app that lets you play against the computer or over the internet. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys trying new games.

App store link. Game description.

I have played...53 games since Saturday You can blitz through in two minutes if you want, or spend 15 minutes on a move like I did yesterday.

I almost hesitate to call it a connection game--obviously connection is a huge issue, but connection is a big issue in Go, and I'd never think to call Go a connection game.

It doesn't have the feel of something like Hex, which is pure connection. Without slighting Hex, I find myself often enjoying "impure games." So Havannah is about connection, but there's races and rings. Slither is connection plus motion. Cephalapod is about parity, but not in the same way that dots and boxes is a slog of trying to manipulate parity. Similarly, I think Catchup is a nice mix of connection and combinatorics.

That's too simplified to be a real test of which games are good, but it's how I find myself thinking about the games I do like.

*sigh* I had several paragraphs written about this game, and then I hit preview and found that I was logged out.
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