Week 3: Territorial Acquisition Board Game - Supreme Oil Monger

Name of the Game: Supreme Oil-Monger

Number of Players: 2-4

Game Bits: 4 sets of pipes (150 tiles each); 1 for each player. 12 wells

Time to play: 30 - 60 minutes

Setup:

1.  Players pick their colour and take their set of pipes.
2. Split the wells evenly between each other
3. Place wells on the board. Wells must be at least one space apart, and there can only be one well per quadrant.
4. Each player must shuffle their set of pipes. 

How to Play:

  2 Players:

1. Draw three pipes.
2. Place those pipes on the board. Your first pipe must be placed such that it is connected and adjacent to one of the spaces around the refinery located in the centre of the board. After connecting your first pipe to the refinery, you may connect one more pipe directly to the refinery, or choose to do so later on.

 3/4 Players:

1. Draw two pipes.
2. Place those pipes on the board. Your first pipe must be placed such that it is connected and adjacent to one of the spaces around the refinery located in the centre of the board. After connecting your first pipe to the refinery, you may connect one more pipe directly to the refinery, or choose to do so later on. 

NOTE:  Your pipes must be placed adjacent to another pipe. Pipes can be oriented in any direction. More than one person can connect to a well.

Object of the Game: Connect the refinery to the most oil wells with your pipes to win.

We found that our game was similar to Ticket To Ride in that players must connect their pipes from a refinery to wells. We found it similar to Blokus in that we use pipes in a similar fashion such that when players lay down their pipes they can block other players from accessing parts of the board and they can then spread around.