Detailed Game Information
Pikemen (Jump Right In!)
| Designer/Publisher: | Jacob Davenport | ||||||||||
| Rules: | http://wiki.playagaingames.com/tiki-index.php?page=Pikemen (Local) | ||||||||||
| Date Added: | 2005 Sep 14 | ||||||||||
| Boardgame Geek Entry: | 20269 | ||||||||||
| SDG Wiki Page: | http://wiki.superdupergames.org/games/pikemen | ||||||||||
| SDG Rank: | 10 (28 points, 33 votes) | ||||||||||
| Keywords (edit): | 2 or More, 8x8 Board, Icehouse | ||||||||||
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Pikemen is an Icehouse game. Pieces are warriors with long spears known as "Pikes." Each turn a Pikeman may charge in the direction he is pointing and then reorient his pike in a different direction, including straight up for defense. The player who captures a number of enemy Pikemen first wins.
This implementation also provides for longer games by allowing one to choose 15 and 20 point games.
| Username | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Babamots | 2 | Almost perfect in its simplicity. Points are an unfortunately clunky necessity to prevent draws. |
| Cerulean | 2 | I like the way this game handles the offense and defense capabilities of the pieces, making a very nice balance. The dynamics of multiplayer Pikemen are more fun than the point/counterpoint pace of 2 player. |
| CleverHunk | 2 | |
| Elektrodo | 2 | |
| jazzfish | 2 | |
| kaelistus | 2 | |
| Mandrel | 2 | |
| mathochist | 2 | |
| nycavri | 2 | I enjoy the sparring of 2-player more than the chaos of 3- or 4-player. My favorite Icehouse game. |
| spearjr | 2 | |
| Aaron | 1 | |
| dlwillson | 1 | |
| goulo | 1 | One of the classic Icehouse pyramid games, kind of chess-like with the twist that a piece can only move in the direction you've previously oriented it. |
| hseld | 1 | |
| Jesse | 1 | |
| jonah | 1 | |
| lambda | 1 | |
| Layana | 1 | Might even be better, I have to play it some more. I'm told there might be some first player advantage, though. |
| molnar | 1 | Like it, prefer to play to 12. |
| smilingra | 1 | A good chess variant; I like how the pieces become more vulnerable if they can be moved. |
| stoneaxe | 1 | Love those icehouse games! This and Martian Chess seem similar to me. I like them both, but they really strain my brain! |
| Uglyfoot | 1 | |
| dave_doma | 0 | |
| dralius | 0 | |
| Laurie_Menke | 0 | |
| morganfitzp | 0 | Interesting strategy, but movement's a bit tedious. And why are they Pike-MEN anyway? I like to think of Icehouse pieces as being genderless. |
| rootbeer | 0 | |
| rozencrantz | 0 | |
| Thorolf | 0 | |
| Draw5PlayAll | -1 | I dislike the movement rules. Pieces are simply not agile enough. |
| jeep | -1 | |
| Joe_Hill | -1 | |
| unic | -1 | Don't know why this one does not go down well with me - on the surface, it looks appealing. In practice, I don't have fun playing it. Oh, and don't play to 15 or 20 - it is too easy to stalemate the game then. |
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