#lyngk

LYNGK on #TabletopSimulator, with my brother back in Ohio. This is my least-played of the GIPF series by a lot; according to BGG I have only one play prior to today, but that seems wrong - I think I have 2 or 3 maybe, but low single digits for sure. So anyway, I had to relearn the patterns from scratch which for me is totally engaging. I like all the GIPF games a lot, but this one seems really very good. Very open, very tight, after a very short opening phase every move becomes high stakes. This is one of those games that when you go over the simple rules and colorful pieces it’s not clear how much depth there can possibly be, but then play peels away layers and layers. This is a bit brain-melty just because of the very large numbers of possible moves through the early and midgame, so you have to develop some heuristics. The dramatic arc of the GIPF games is usually pretty interesting: low-stakes openings followed by tension that steadily ratchets up until it hits a breaking point and the balance tips irrevocably in favor of one player of the other. I don’t know how well these would up to really serious play, but for me they really hit a sweet spot. #gaminginthetimeofcovid19 #gipf #gipfseries #lyngk #bgg #boardgamegeek #boardgames #virtualgamenight https://www.instagram.com/p/CCIBk3rB_Iq/?igshid=zidd9t45dsg0

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Lyngk. A new abstract strategy game in the Gipf series of games (7th in fact) by Belgium game designer Kris Burm. Very intriguing. I took this first game. #PlayerOfGames #Gipf #AbstractStrategy #Games #lyngk https://www.instagram.com/p/Br4IvBvAzYU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4wsn9oc0i5xu

LYNGK with my brother, via #brushstrokeapp. I get to play these GIPF-series games so infrequently, but they’re such totally great games. Gavin likes them so we play whenever I’m back in Cleveland and I always think wow, I’ve really got to find more a way to get some of these more table-time. And I normally have no time for abstracts like this at all! But they are just so elegant and thematic in their own way. #bgg #boardgames #boardgamegeek #gipf #lyngk (at Cleveland Heights, Ohio)

LYNGK, the new GIPF-series game. I rarely get to play these, but always enjoy them a great deal. One of the joys of the games is the great tactile feel of the pieces. LYNGK is the most reminiscent of DVONN to me, but it does interestingly pull in little bits from many of the previous games in the series. One of the shorter ones, it took us about 20 minutes, and I think once you get the feel of it you could probably do it in 10-15. It's probably not going to be up there with my favorites in the series (PÜNCT, ZERTZ, and the sadly forgotten TAMSK), but quick and quite accessible. No linking rules or new potentials though, for the 2 or 3 people in the universe who do that. #bgg #boardgamegeek #boardgames #gipf #lyngk

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