Ant Trails (2020)

Ant Trails: A Two-Player Abstract Strategy Game Objective: Create the longest unbroken trail of your colored ants and collect the most valuable bonus tiles. Setup: -Hexagonal game board. - Shuffle the 12 bonus tiles (4 x 3 points, 4 x 2 points, 4 x 1 point) and place them face-up randomly on the board (avoiding border cells). - Each player takes the ant tiles of one color (red or black). Gameplay: On your turn: 1. Place 2 of your colored ants on the board, following these placement rules: - Place an ant on an empty border cell. - Place an ant adjacent to exactly one of your existing ants. - Join the ends of two of your ant trails by placing an ant between them. - Place an ant to form a loop with one of your existing ant trails. 2. Optionally, move any number of your bonus tiles one step along your ant trails toward the border. - Bonus tiles must be moved from one of your ants to the next in the trail. - Collected bonus tiles are scored at the end of the game. Passing: If you cannot make any legal ant placements, you must pass your turn. End of Game: The game ends when both players pass consecutively. Scoring: - Count the length of each player's longest continuous ant trail. - Add the point values of all bonus tiles collected by each player. - The player with the highest total score wins.