Saturday, January 15, 2005
Slay is a great strategy game for children and adults. In the basic game, you play on an island, which has been divided into hexagons. You are one colour, and your opponents are other colours. The point of the game is to take over the whole island. There are peasants, soldiers, knights, and generals (or super knights). You have to use math to predict how much of an army you can support, because you have to feed all of your people on each turn. In a way it reminds me of chess, because certain pieces "trump" others. (ie. a soldier beats a peasant) Somewhat addictive, games can be played at 4 levels of difficulty which makes it just as good for adults! It is available for a free trial here. There are also different colours and formats if you buy the game, ie. garden insects. If you get the free trial, you get to play a handful of islands.
