Exxit (2006)

About this game

From a minimal board made up of four hexagonal flagstones, the players must extend their territory by gaining new flagstones. For that, they each use eight pawns and try to make leave the unfavourable pawns the board in order to imprison them to later release them. Exxit deploys a simple and original mechanism: the distribution, which creates astonishingly complex tactical and strategic situations. A winner of the 2004 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Strictly 2 players — no more, no fewer.
• Rules load. At 2.5/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 11 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.