Focus is an abstract strategy board game, designed by Sid Sackson and first published in 1963 by Kosmos. The game has been re-published many times since, sometimes under the titles Domination or Dominio. Focus won the 1981 Spiel des Jahres and Essen Feather awards. The game appears in Sackson's A Gamut of Games in the section New Battles on an Old Battlefield.
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| Designers | Sid Sackson |
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| Publishers | Kosmos Milton Bradley Parker Brothers |
| Publication | 1963 |
| Players | 2–4 |
| Playing time | 45' |
| Skills | Strategy |
Gameplay
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Two to four players move stacks of one to five pieces around a checkerboard with the three squares in each corner removed, thus forming a 6×6 board with 1×4 extensions on each side. Stacks may move as many spaces as there are pieces in the stack. Players may only move a stack if the topmost piece in the stack is one of their pieces. When a stack lands on another stack, the two stacks merge; if the new stack contains more than five pieces, then pieces are removed from the bottom to bring it down to five. If a player's own piece is removed, they are kept and may be placed on the board later in lieu of moving a stack. If an opponent's piece is removed, it is captured. The last player who is able to move a stack wins.
Reception
editGames included the game as Domination in their "Top 100 Games of 1982", noting that while it does include short versions for 3-4 players, "the two-player game has the most depth".[1]
Reviews
edit- Family Games: The 100 Best[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Schmittberger, R. Wayne, ed. (November 1982). "The Top 100 Games 1982". Games. No. 33. p. 56.
- ^ https://archive.org/details/familygames100be0000unse/page/110/mode/2up
- Sackson, Sid (1982) [1st Pub. 1969, Random House, New York]. "Focus". A Gamut of Games. Pantheon Books. pp. 125–35. ISBN 0-394-71115-7.
External links
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- PDF Rules for Domination, Hasbro's re-publication of the game.
- Focus at BoardGameGeek