Blitz: The Air-Raid Game

1940 · Canada · Somerville Ltd.

Theme: WWII Air

About this game

This is a war-themed variant of Reversi or Othello. The board has 60 squares representing properties including railway stations, shops, factories, armouries, an airport, a hospital and anti-aircraft defences. Each space has a different point value. The playing pieces are 60 wooden bombs, red on one end and black on the other.

Mechanism

Area control

Rules

Players start with two bombs each, diagonally opposed in in the four middle squares. The red attacking player places a red bomb on any space where it will bracket a black bomb. The bracketed bomb is flipped over to red. The black player then does the same. Play continues until all 60 squares are filled. Players then add up the point values under their bombs, with highest total winning.

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