Xoli (2023)

Xoli is an abstract board game, it is one of the smallest games in Mexico, the game board has 16 cells, 4 squares x 4 squares, and it has only 9 pieces to play it, Xoli is a game that represents the 3 main cultures of Mexico, the Mayan , the Aztec and the Novohispana, this game is commonly played with 2 players, but it has a very dynamic version for 4 players, the objective is to make a line of 3 pieces horizontally or vertically, never diagonally, in the game there are 9 pieces in 3 different colors, each of the players takes 3 pieces of the same color and with their color they will make their lines of 3 pieces adding movements by relating them along the rows or columns, the 3 remaining pieces are also placed on the board, the players will be able to move the 9 pieces during their turn, and they will do so depending on the number of moves that have been obtained, with the maximum number of moves being 3 and the minimum being 1, they can also use the remaining 3 pieces, that is, for each relationship that have the pieces of their color along the columns or rows, the player will increase moves on his next turn, but..., you must be careful that your opponent does not take away moves from you..., although the game is small in size, is big in strategy! —description from the designer