A connection game is a type of abstract strategy game

Abstract strategy game

An abstract strategy game is a strategy game, aiming to minimise luck, and without a theme. Almost all abstract strategy games will conform to the strictest definition of: a board or card game, in which there is no hidden information, no non-deterministic elements , in which two players or teams...

 in which players attempt to complete a specific type of connection with their pieces. This could involve forming a path between two or more goals, completing a closed loop, or connecting all of one's pieces so they are adjacent to each other. Connection games typically have simple rules, but complex strategies. They have minimal components and may be played as board games, computer games, or even paper and pencil games.

In many connection games, the goal is to connect two opposite sides of the board. In these games, players take turns placing or moving pieces until one side has a continuous line of pieces connecting the two sides of the playing area. Hex

Hex (board game)

Hex is a board game played on a hexagonal grid, theoretically of any size and several possible shapes, but traditionally as an 11x11 rhombus. Other popular dimensions are 13x13 and 19x19 as a result of the game's relationship to the older game of Go...

, TwixT

TwixT

TwixT is a two-player abstract strategy game invented by Alex Randolph. It is a member of the connection game family, along with games such as Hex, Havannah, Y, PÜNCT and *Star...

, and PÜNCT

PÜNCT

PÜNCT is a two-player strategy board game. It is the sixth release in the GIPF project of six abstract strategy games, although it is considered the fifth game in the project. It was released in 2005. PÜNCT won the Games Magazine Best Abstract Strategy game for 2007.PÜNCT is a connection game...

are typical examples of this type of game.

List of connection games

See also :Category:Connection games

• Atoll
• Crossway
• Gonnect
  Gonnect
  Gonnect is an abstract strategy board game invented by João Pedro Neto in 2000. The game is played with standard go equipment, and basically uses the same rules as go, however the goal of the game is to construct a group that connects any two opposite sides...
  
  
• Havannah
• Hex
  Hex (board game)
  Hex is a board game played on a hexagonal grid, theoretically of any size and several possible shapes, but traditionally as an 11x11 rhombus. Other popular dimensions are 13x13 and 19x19 as a result of the game's relationship to the older game of Go...
  
  
• Pex
• PÜNCT
  PÜNCT
  PÜNCT is a two-player strategy board game. It is the sixth release in the GIPF project of six abstract strategy games, although it is considered the fifth game in the project. It was released in 2005. PÜNCT won the Games Magazine Best Abstract Strategy game for 2007.PÜNCT is a connection game...
  
  
• Quax
• Star
  Star (board game)
  Star is a two-player abstract strategy board game developed in by Craige Schensted . It was first published in 1983 in Games magazine. It is connection game, related to games such as Hex, Y, Havannah, and TwixT. Unlike these games, however, the result is based a player having a higher final...
  
  
• *Star
  *Star
  *Star is a complex abstract strategy game by Ea Ea, a designer of Y. It is a redevelopment of his earlier game Star.-Rules:*Star can be played on graphs of different sizes. The three shown boards have 105, 180, and 275 nodes of which 30, 40, and 50 are on the perimeter...
  
  
• TwixT
  TwixT
  TwixT is a two-player abstract strategy game invented by Alex Randolph. It is a member of the connection game family, along with games such as Hex, Havannah, Y, PÜNCT and *Star...
  
  
• Unlur
• Y
  Y (game)
  ]Y is an abstract strategy game which was first described by Claude Shannon in the early 1950s. Y was independently invented in 1953 by Craige Schensted and Charles Titus...