Side one: the round in six beats, what you may lay, and what a card, a
coin and a victory card can do. Side two: where your cards go, the
recycle, and what the map scores. A4, printed double-sided.
Everything below is A4 and current with the v0.26 rulebook.
Card sheets are laid out to be printed single-sided on card stock and cut;
each has a black-and-white twin if you would rather not spend the ink.
Earlier releases stay where they were put:
the v0.25 and
v0.24 rulebooks and
their components are still online under their own names — v0.24 is
the version entered in Hippodice 2027.
You supply four things.60 hexagonal tiles in four colours, 15 of each (any hex tiles will do
— the rulebook says what each terrain holds and what it adds in a fight);
80 small units, 20 in each of four player colours; about 40 coins;
and 4 dice, one of them a different colour from the rest.
Play high-scoring melds to win the trick. Be first to populate, explore, and conquer — earn gold. Turn gold into stronger cards, bonus actions, and victory points.
Nothing here is ever overwritten. Each version keeps its own
filenames, so a link printed or e-mailed a year ago still opens the version
it was written for.
v0.26 — current
September 2026
The lean economy: no food to pay and no coins for
climbing. Map objectives are part of the base game and score two
points for every arrangement you hold. A won duel that empties a tile
and takes it now pays a coin — without it, refusing to fight was
the stronger play at a four-player table. This is what the
print-and-play kit above builds.
One deck at every player count, the last unit as the only
end trigger, and melds played face down. The last version with food
and the ascension reward in it.
The official contest entry. For the Hippodice Jury: The game and main browser app have continued to evolve (currently v0.26), but this v0.24 submission remains frozen and fully playable below for your evaluation.
The video and the sell sheet below were made before the
current rules. The board, the melds and the trick are the same game, but
the economy, the combat and the exploration have all changed since — the
v0.26 rulebook and
the browser app are the current ones.
One-minute overview · silent with subtitles (narration coming soon)
