Fig.
1 - Initial Setup
Fig.
2 - Capture
Fig.
3 - Capture
Fig.
4 - Capture
Fig.
5 - Non-capture
CEPHALOPOD
INTRODUCTION Cephalopod is a two player game which employs a 5x5 board,
24 dice of one color, and 24 dice of another color.
The board starts out...
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Fig.
1 - Initial Setup
Fig.
2 - Capture
Fig.
3 - Capture
Fig.
4 - Capture
Fig.
5 - Non-capture
CEPHALOPOD
INTRODUCTION Cephalopod is a two player game which employs a 5x5 board,
24 dice of one color, and 24 dice of another color.
The board starts out vacant as shown
in Figure 1.
Mark Steere invented Cephalopod on February 25, 2006.
BASIC PLACEMENT Players take turns adding dice of their own color to the board,
one die per turn.
A newly placed die must show a one, unless it’s a capturing
placement, in which case it must show a two or higher.
Each player will always have a
placement available and must make one.
Players cannot pass on their turn.
OBJECT OF THE GAME Once the board has been completely filled, the player
whose dice occupy the majority of the squares wins.
Draws and ties cannot occur in
Cephalopod.
CAPTURING PLACEMENT If a die is placed horizontally or vertically adjacent
(hereafter “adjacent”) to two dice, and the sum of the pip counts (number of spots
on the to
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