PÜNCT is a two-player strategy board game. It is the sixth release in the GIPF project of seven abstract strategy games, although it is considered the fifth game in the project. It was released in 2005. PÜNCT won the Games Magazine Best Abstract Strategy game for 2007. Overview The PÜNCT board game is one of six games a part of the GIPF project. This project was created by Kris Burm and is a series of six abstract games. PÜNCT is the 5th game of the project and the board of this game is shaped like a hexagon. This game was released in 2005. PÜNCT is a two-player connection game similar in concept to Hex and Y. The objective is to connect two sides of a hexagonal board, using pieces which cover three hexes each. The pieces can be placed, moved, rotated, and stacked in various ways, restricted by the geometry of the board, the shape of the pieces, and gravity. Players can bring new pieces to the board or can attempt to connect the pieces already . The objective of the game is to mislead the opponent. Game rules Equipment The game is played on a clipped regular hexagonal board with 9 spaces on a side; the 6 corners are removed, resulting in 211 spaces. The first play is restricted from playing a piece in the central 3×3 hexagonal region. Each player has 18 playable pieces. Each playable piece occupies three adjacent spaces on the board. One cell is colored and called the PÜNCT of the piece. The other two cells of the piece are called minor dots. The 18 playable pieces are: 6 straight pieces (2 with the PÜNCT in the middle and 4 with the PÜNCT on the end) 6 angular pieces (2 with the PÜNCT in the middle and 2 each with the PÜNCT on either end) 6 triangular pieces (the location of the PÜNCT is not relevant, as explained in the movement phase) In addition, each player is given a single PÜNCT-piece, which occupies a single space and replaces a playable piece temporarily to judge the direction of movement during that phase of the player's turn. Objective The objective of the game is to build a contiguous path using playable pieces in the player's color that spans opposite sides: column A to column Q, or row 1 to row 17, or the side (J2 ... P8)