Blam! · 15 January 05
Looking for someone to shove? Strategize in Blam! with two to four elbow-room seekers.
by Jon Eargle
Blam PDF
Blam play example
Blam! Online, by Aaron Dalton
Object
Push high-scoring pieces off the board and add them to your treasure chest.
You Need
- A chessboard.
- One Icehouse stash for each player. No stash may have the same color as another stash.
Setting Up
Place the chessboard where everyone can reach it.
Give each player one complete stash.
Choose a player to go first.
Play
On your turn, place a piece from your stash in a vacant space on the board. If there are any pieces in adjacent spaces (including diagonals), move them one space directly away from the piece you placed. You’ve just slammed a major impact onto the board, and it scattered nearby pieces.
If a moving piece attempts to enter an occupied space, allow it to, and push the occupying piece into the space beyond; this may cause entire rows of pieces to move.
If a piece attempts to leave the board, place it in your treasure chest—unless it’s your color. If it’s your color, put it in your stash.
Once all pieces have been relocated, your turn ends. Play passes to the left.
The game ends when all stashes are empty or when all players agree to stop playing.
Winning
Each piece has a point value equal to the number of pips on it (1, 2, or 3). Tally the points in your treasure chest and your stash. If your score is the highest, you win.
Variants
Overloaded
Three-unit pieces push other pieces three spaces. Two-unit pieces push other pieces two spaces. One-unit pieces push other pieces one space.
Origin and Credits
Blam! was first conceived by Jon Eargle at Monday Night Games Night around August of 2004. It took him about 15 minutes to develop from start to finish. If I remember correctly, he just decided to make an Icehouse game. Granted, he’d been surrounded by people playing Icehouse games for months, but it was a little startling nonetheless.
Thanks to the Monday Night Games group for playtesting. Thanks to Sharon for editing.
Blam! · 15 January 05
Looking for someone to shove? Strategize in Blam! with two to four elbow-room seekers.
by Jon Eargle
Blam PDF
Blam play example
Blam! Online, by Aaron Dalton
Object
Push high-scoring pieces off the board and add them to your treasure chest.
You Need
- A chessboard.
- One Icehouse stash for each player. No stash may have the same color as another stash.
Setting Up
Place the chessboard where everyone can reach it.
Give each player one complete stash.
Choose a player to go first.
Play
On your turn, place a piece from your stash in a vacant space on the board. If there are any pieces in adjacent spaces (including diagonals), move them one space directly away from the piece you placed. You’ve just slammed a major impact onto the board, and it scattered nearby pieces.
If a moving piece attempts to enter an occupied space, allow it to, and push the occupying piece into the space beyond; this may cause entire rows of pieces to move.
If a piece attempts to leave the board, place it in your treasure chest—unless it’s your color. If it’s your color, put it in your stash.
Once all pieces have been relocated, your turn ends. Play passes to the left.
The game ends when all stashes are empty or when all players agree to stop playing.
Winning
Each piece has a point value equal to the number of pips on it (1, 2, or 3). Tally the points in your treasure chest and your stash. If your score is the highest, you win.
Variants
Overloaded
Three-unit pieces push other pieces three spaces. Two-unit pieces push other pieces two spaces. One-unit pieces push other pieces one space.
Origin and Credits
Blam! was first conceived by Jon Eargle at Monday Night Games Night around August of 2004. It took him about 15 minutes to develop from start to finish. If I remember correctly, he just decided to make an Icehouse game. Granted, he’d been surrounded by people playing Icehouse games for months, but it was a little startling nonetheless.
Thanks to the Monday Night Games group for playtesting. Thanks to Sharon for editing.
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