LinkIt! Abstract Hyper-Minimalist Strategy Game

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LinkIt is a 2 player abstract strategy game created by Tyler Mills (Xyvir Games) with the goal of designing a game that plays with just one type of piece and no board. The objective is to capture more space on the board than your opponent, much like Othello. Each player selects a color indicated by the primary color of each 2-sided piece. Players alternate turns placing tiles orthogonally to existing pieces (not diagonally) displaying their respective color side up and oriented in any direction they wish. If one of the following constructs is created for your color, its effect occurs immediately. If that construct generates a new construct for your color, the turn repeats until no new construct is created. The Constructs: TurnIt! Exactly 4 tiles in a row, either orthogonally or diagonally. Choose one tile from the grouped tiles and rotate it to any other direction. TakeIt! 2-5 adjacent opponent tiles in a row orthogonally with your tile on either side pointing at each other. All enemy tiles in this construct are flipped to your color while maintaining their orientation when flipped. Flipped LinkIt!s do not reactivate. LinkIt! Two of your tiles adjacent and pointing at each other. You must take another turn after making this construct, but you may only have one new outstanding turn at a time; they do not stack. Note #1: If a TurnIt! and TakeIt! construct form simultaneously, the TurnIt! construct is ignored. Note #2: If multiple constructs of the same kind are formed at the same time, you must choose to utilize only one of them.