Beschreibung
Gemstones is an a-symmetrical area-control shape puzzle game where you exploit the strengths of your gemstone to grow it faster and larger than your opponents.

Each turn players take turn placing a gemstone from their available pieces on the board. Once no players choose to place a gemstone (or cannot) the game ends.

Points are counted by counting the point value of each gemstone shard (piece) a player played onto the board, minus 5 points for each separate non-connected section of gemstone. (So you loose no points if all your gemstones are touching.)

Other than that, there are also 3 placing rules when placing a gemstone shard (piece).

Each shard has some edges that must be covered when placed.
The shard must be touching at least 2 different sides on the board (parallel sides are fine).
At least one side must be touching either the edge of the board or one of your other gemstone shards.


This causes players to place shards as if their gemstone is "growing" out of the edge of the geode and their other pieces.

—description from the designer