SKATO game

This is a brilliantly simple logic-strategy game, and mastering its rules takes less than 10 minutes. The game is played between two opponents, who must not only plan their moves strategically, but also anticipate their opponent's moves (to avoid being defeated before the game ends). SKATO is also a great workout for the gray matter and allows for many enjoyable mental sparring matches between players of different ages and with varying board game experience. This incredibly exciting game will interest both children and their parents or guardians, and these generational mental battles will become a permanent part of spending time together. While playing SKATO, a child acquires and develops the skills of logical thinking, concentration, strategy, emotional control, and cool analysis. Adult players consolidate these skills, and seniors use them to delay the onset of dementia. The game involves players arranging their pieces on the board so that pieces of the same color, adjacent on at least one side, create the largest possible area. Each player is assigned a color of pieces. One player starts by placing their piece anywhere on the board. Then the other player places their piece so that one side is adjacent to the first opponent's piece. Then players alternately place their pieces until the entire board is filled, trying to build the largest possible field of adjacent pieces of their own color. When placing pieces, we follow the rule that a placed piece must share at least one side with any piece already on the board. It is illegal to place a piece that is only touching another piece at a corner. Placing multiple unconnected squares is allowed, but only squares containing at least 5 pieces count towards the final scoring. The game ends when all squares on the board are filled and all pieces have been placed. Note: if any player places a sequence of 5 pieces horizontally or vertically during the game, the game ends with their victory. Package dimensions: 25 x 6.5 x 25 cm