Solomids
| Solomids | ||
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| Alex Ottenstein | ||
| A solo game of stacking, sliding, and swapping | ||
| Players: | 1 | |
| Length: | Long | |
| Complexity: | Complex | |
| Trios per color: | 3 | |
| Number of colors: | 5 | |
| Setup time: | 2 min | |
| Playing time: | 5 - 30 | |
| Random chance: | Some | |
| Theme: | Politics | |
| Status: Complete (v1.0), Year released: 2016 | ||
‘So you’re ready to fly in my forces?’ the Emperor said, sliding a scrambled Solomids setup across the table. ’First you must prove your pyramidian prowess. Win without swapping and you shall command an entire cavalry! A one-swap victory, and you’ll captain your own ship; swap two and it’s off to cadet school for you! But lose…‘
Equipment
- Board: a 5×10 grid
- 45 pyramids total, 3 trios of 5 different colors:
Goal
Build a complete 3House set, by banking one small-medium-large stack of the same color (called a tree or tree-trio) at a time, attempting to form three complete ‘rainbow stashes’ (five tree-trios, one of every color – making 15 pyramids in each rainbow stash).
Setup
Put down a 5x10 grid. Leave the top row of the grid empty. Mix all 45 pyramids into a hat. Draw one piece at a time and place it in the first space of the second row, then the next space, then the next, until that row is filled. Add 8 more rows of 5 pieces below the first (for 9 total rows of pyramids), neatly aligned so they also form 5 columns. This grid of 45 pyramids, along with the ‘invisible’ first row (which should be the farthest from you), creates the playing area of 50 total spaces.
When setting up, follow these two rules:
- If at any time drawing pieces you pull the same exact piece – color and size – consecutively, redraw the repeated piece until it’s different.
- As you draw the last two pieces for each row, ensure each row contains at least one of each sized piece or redraw until it does.
Lastly, establish an area off to the side that functions to hold completed tree-trios, known as the bank.
External Links
| Featured in Pyramid Arcade Bonus Cards |
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| Aquarius Rising · Blam! · Carrots and Broccoli · Freeze Tag |
| Gnostica · Icehouse · Penguin Soccer · Pyramid Ball |
| RAMbots · Skurðir · Solomids · Zendo |