Strategy game ConHex

The game idea on which ConHex is built is about as unyielding as Gandalf the Grey: "You! Can't! Pass!" Can't? Well, possibly you can!

One player searches horizontally for a way across the board, the other player tries to cross the board perpendicularly - detours are allowed, of course. The way is the goal: The old Zen wisdom also applies to this entertaining strategy game. Alternately, player White and player Black place their pins to stake a claim - such a field marks a section of the path. If, with the help of the pins, I succeed in claiming at least two, sometimes three or four of the bordering depressions, I have conquered the inner field: I signal my conquest with one of my game tiles. In this way, I advance as long as no opposing tiles get in my way - and I may even win the game with my continuous chain of tiles, that is, with my unbroken path across the board.

The rules of the game are quickly grasped, even by the youngsters, and lead to some fast-paced races across the playing field. The cleverest among us put on their poker face and lead the other players astray by thinking for a long time about the strategically best next move or by hinting at dead ends. Of course, you can also just play at it - your offspring could turn out to be a master of this strategy - but as a rule, tactical skill and strategic finesse are rewarded with victory.

Whichever pace you prefer, the board, pins, and tiles of this strategy game are outstandingly clean and solidly crafted, so they'll stand up to your moves for years and generations to come. Both the board and the field tiles are made of solid, oiled beech wood, the pins of walnut or maple wood: Even haptically, they give extraordinary pleasure with their smoothly polished, velvety-warm surface - and your playing pleasure is permanently guaranteed.

Not suitable for children under 3 years. Risk of suffocation due to small parts that can be swallowed.