Hijara™

Hijara™ is a game of concentration for two. The object is to outmaneuver the opponent and accumulate points.

Players choose a color and, playing that color throughout the game, use 32 stones each taking turns placing them on the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 in the squares - building and/or blocking point-winning combinations.

Players win points when placement of four of their stones is completed in any of the following combinations:

10 POINTS - any 4 numbers of a kind in 4 squares in a row.

15 POINTS - 4 in numerical sequence (1, 2, 3, 4) in 4 squares in a row.

20 POINTS - 4 numbers all in the same square.

The player with the blue stones starts the game by placing a stone on a number 1 in any square on the empty board. The opponent may then place a yellow stone on 2 in the same square or start any new square with a stone on 1 - and so on. Place stones on the numbers one at time, building on those already on the board, to complete and/or block new point-winning combinations.

Cover the numbers, in each square, in numerical sequence. i.e. a stone may only be placed on a number, other than 1, if the preceding number in that square is covered - by either color.

  As the game progresses, several point combinations may be completed with a single turn.

e.g. a yellow stone placed on 4 completes:

4, 4, 4, 4 horizontally - 10 points
& 1, 2, 3, 4 diagonally - 15 points
for a total of 25 points.

  The game is over when all the numbers are covered and the player with the most points is the winner.

Hijara™... win or lose, it's how you play the game as every turn should be carefully observed to be aware of attack and/or defense strategy.