Enneatrix

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Enneatrix is an abstract strategy game of sublime geometry and gravitational manipulation for two players. You are an Architect of Reality, competing to impose a new order upon the Enneatrix—a ninth-order triangular mosaic that serves as a spatio-gravitational construct. Command your Celestial Spheres and use tactical placement to activate powerful gravitational pulls across the board's dual network of Stable and Structural cells. The first to assemble a perfect triangle of nine spheres—a microcosm of the board itself—rewrites reality and wins. Elegant rules give way to deep, emergent tactics where every move can trigger chain reactions and set up devastating victories. The Board: A 9th-order triangular mosaic (81 cells) with two cell types: Stable (blue) — the majority, and Structural (magenta/red) — the load-bearing framework of the network. Goal: Be the first to create a triangle of 9 adjacent cells occupied by stones of any color (an exact, scaled-down copy of the entire board). Turn: Place one of your stones on any empty cell. Activation: If after a move any cell becomes surrounded by three occupied cells of the opposite color, it activates. Effect (The Pull): The stone in the activated cell creates an instantaneous gravitational pull along the six directions of its color network. In each such direction, the nearest visible stone (of any color) instantly moves into the cell of its own color adjacent to the activated center, provided that cell is empty. Victory: Checked after the turn is fully completed and all Pull effects have resolved. If anywhere on the board there exists a filled triangle of 9 adjacent cells (a 3rd-order triangle), the player who made the move wins. —description from the designer

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