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1999 Ranked #8,179

Entrapment

An abstract strategy game has players surround opposing roamers with barriers until they cannot move. Barriers become neutral after use, and trapped pieces are forced to move if any escape remains.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Enclosure Square Grid Category: Combinatorial

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.11/5

Rating

7.95

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.9/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

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"The object of Entrapment is to eliminate your opponent's roamers (pawns) by surrounding them with impenetrable obstacles and thus rendering them incapable of movement. A roamer that cannot move is considered captured, and is eliminated from the board.

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"The object of Entrapment is to eliminate your opponent's roamers (pawns) by surrounding them with impenetrable obstacles and thus rendering them incapable of movement. A roamer that cannot move is considered captured, and is eliminated from the board. When all a player's roamers have been 'entrapped' in this way the game is over, and his or her opponent declared the winner. Components: Hand-made wooden board 3 roamers (mobile pieces) per player, in 2 colors 25 barriers per player, in 2 colors Billed as "The next classic strategy game", this is a clever game in the mode of Blockade; but with immobilization as the goal, rather than race to an objective. There are a couple of interesting twists to the theme - firstly, you may move through your own barriers once (after which they become neutral), secondly, pieces that are surrounded but not dead are forced to move. Online Play Boardspace.net (real time, AI option) Mobile Apps Boardspace.net local multiplayer or online, IOS Boardspace.net local multiplayer or online, Android

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.1/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Rich Gowell

Publishers

1
Gowell Classic Games

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