How to Play

Surround, capture, control

Taškeñtas is a two-player dot placing game. Take turns placing dots, close off territory, and turn the board in your favor one capture at a time.

Players take turns claiming intersections. Captures turn enclosed cells into the player's dots.

Objective

Own more territory

Every placed dot or enclosed territory belongs to one player. Your score is the total territory you control counted as owned intersections.

Turns

Alternate moves

Players move one at a time. On your turn, place one dot on a free intersection, then the turn passes to your opponent.

Clock Basics

Keep the pace

Each player has a total and per-move time limits. Make your move before your clock runs out.

Territory

Enclose the enemy

Territory is captured when it is completely enclosed by a single player's dots. Territory connected to the edge of the board is safe and cannot be captured.

Score

Count what you control

Scores are always derived from the board based on current dot ownership. Capturing converts enclosed cells into your dots, increasing your score and lowering your opponent's.

Game end

Win the game

The game ends when no more dots can be placed, a player forfeits, or a player's time runs out. A player who forfeits or runs out of time loses. Otherwise, the player with more owned dots wins.