Heptalpha

The game begins with the board empty of counters. The circles here in the diagram represent empty playing cells.

No. of Players

One

Equipment

The Heptalpha board and twenty counters are required for play.

History

This game is described in The History of Board Games by Robert McConville in 1974.

Objective

The goal is to place all of the counters on the board by legal moves.

Play

The player places a single counter at any unoccupied intersection point on the board. The counter is moved along an arc through a circle, occupied or not, to a third vacant circle where it is placed. The player repeats this one-two-three move for each of the counters and attempts to place all twenty counters at empty circles on the board.

Strategy

Variations

A related and less complex game is Pentalpha.

Sources

1. McConville, Robert. The History Board Games. Creative Pubns, 1974. Print.