''Dao'' is a two-player
abstract strategy
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board game
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, which won the
Mensa Select award in 2001. It was invented by Ben VanBuskirk of
Point Roberts, Washington
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, and Jeff Pickering of
Monument, Oregon.
It comprises a 4x4 playing board with four playing pieces for each player. The aim of the game is to arrange pieces in certain winning formations before the opponent can. It is unique because any piece that is moving must move as far as it can.
There are four different ways to win the game: by forming a 2x2 square with your four pieces, by forming a straight vertical or horizontal line with your four pieces, by placing your four pieces in all four corners, or by having one of your pieces cornered by three of
the opponents pieces.
External links
Berkeley page on rules*
Board games introduced in 1999
Abstract strategy games
Mensa Select winners
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