Lacuna, A cozy game of mystical geometry.

Lacuna

STROM-05-2024 - CMYK Games

Lacuna is a cozy and competitive game for 2 players about collecting flowers on a pond at night. Draw an imaginary line between two flowers, place your pawn, and collect both flowers. Win by collecting the most flowers in the most colours!

Game Play

Each player takes a set of 6 pawns of the same colour. Randomly determine a starting
player. This player takes 1 flower of their choice and puts it aside in their scoring area.

Pour all the other flower pieces randomly from the container onto the interior circle of the mat (on the blue waves is OK). If flowers fall outside the area, just toss them randomly back in. Distribute the flower pieces as evenly as your can without clumping, using your hands to spread them out as needed.

Players take turns placing their pawns until all 12 pawns are on the mat. To place a pawn, choose 2 flowers of the same colour that you can trace an imaginary straight line between that is unblocked by other flowers or pawns. Place one of your pawns anywhere along that line, then pick up those 2 flowers and put them off to the side in your scoring area.

Play continues until the players have each placed their 6 pawns. You’ll notice that there are still unclaimed flowers on the mat. The second part of the game happens automatically. For each flower remaining on the mat, determine which player has a pawn closest to that flower. This player takes the flower and puts it into their scoring area. Whenever a flower isn’t obviously closer to one player’s pawn, consult with the other player—and feel free to use the ruler. We’ve found this part of the game works best as a conversation of sorts (“This is mine, right?”), but if you’d like more structure,
resolve each colour formally, one at a time.

Scoring

The player who scores the majority of flowers (4+) in a colour wins that colour. The
player who wins the majority of colours (4+) wins the game!

Box Contents:-

• 49 Wooden Flower Tokens - 7 of each colour
• 12 Metal Player Pawns - 6 Gold, 6 Silver
• Black fabric Playing Mat

2 Players, Ages 8 and up. Game duration 10 minutes.