Domain (game)
abstract strategy game
Domain (also known as Boomerang, Chameleon, Kiss, or 2001: the space age game) is a tile-based abstract strategy game first published throughout Europe in 1982. Players place multicoloured polyomino tiles on a game board and flip any of their opponent's pieces adjacent to them in order to have the most squares covered by their colour at the end of the game.
Publication history
Domain was first marketed around Europe in 1982 under various names. It was published in France by Nathan as Boomerang, in Britain by Waddingtons as Chameleon, in Italy by Editrice Giochi as Kiss, and in Sweden by Alga as 2001: the space age game, although it is unknown who designed it.
In 1983, the game was published in North America by Parkers Brothers, with the name Domain and the slogan “Where the Challenge is...”.
Gameplay
Domain is played on a 9x9 game board using 26 polyomino tiles, which are each one of eight different shapes labelled from 2 to 5 corresponding to its number of squares. In Domain, the pieces are white on one side and blue on the other, although the two colours differ depending on the edition.
Both players are assigned colours and take turns placing one tile with their colour face-up onto the game board. Any pieces of their opponent's colour which are non-diagonally adjacent to the placed piece are flipped. Play continues back and forth until no more pieces can be played.
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