DAO ... Balance and Strategy! Battle of Patience and Wits!

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Dao Abstract Strategy Game
Beginning: An X is formed with each player's piece aligned "diagonally" from the corners.
The game consists of only one simple rule and three ways to win. Pieces move in a straight line, including diagonally, as far as possible with no jumps. The three ways to win are arranging your pieces in a straight line on the board (not diagonally), occupying the four corners, or forming a 2x2 square anywhere on the board. However, the antisocial strategy of trapping an opponent's piece in a corner loses!!
2001 Mensa Select
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[@last2nkow]

Oh, that's super transportable and easy to craft!

[@renaissancegamer2329]

I'm absolutely loving these abstract strategy games you've been playing lately. Top notch work, as per usual.

[@wun_zee3599]

this feels like it should be both easy and difficult to "solve" like tic tac toe or checkers

[@PieterJanNotebaart]

Wow I love the ancient feel! Interesting!

[@danielroy8232]

it seems like someone tried to improve tic-tac-to

[@LeoMRogers]

you could play this with a quarter of a shobu set. Or I guess you could get 4 of these and play shobu...

[@sawderf741]

Fun fact Shobu has 51 unique first turn moves.

[@palewine]

This seems like a really nice game. Thanks for doing the video. Is there a way to play online?

[@hudsonmoraes1261]

Gostei da "caixa" do jogo. Bastante. Também gostei do tabuleiro. Mas definitivamente não gostei das pedras! Muito simples. Um tanto toscas. Pedras absolutamente comuns. Se eu tivesse esse jogo, eu trocaria por aquelas pedras semipreciosas que são vendidas em feiras e shoppings. Ágata, turmalina, jaspe, etc. Seriam menores, sem dúvida. Mas o jogo ficaria muito mais bonito!

[@NoHandleToSpeakOf]

4:14 Lucas surrounds your stone with 3 of his. Got to loose but you missed that.

[@DualBrainGames]

According to the rules it has to be the corner because there’s no escape, i should have made that clear, I could’ve escaped there diagonally. Good catch and thank you for watching!

[@NoHandleToSpeakOf]

@@DualBrainGames Indeed, I checked BGG and that is what author intended. Must be the rules paper itself.