[SHINee] HARD Board Game Rules

SHINee HARD Game
SHINee HARD Game is a board game produced to commemorate SHINee’s 8th full length album ‘HARD’.

Game Method
<SHINee HARD Game>’s goal is to move all 5 pieces to the center home. Different from the universal board game where you catch the opponents’ piece to win, you are able to win even without actively going into a deadlock with other opponents in <SHINee HARD Game>. However, it’s a better way catch opponents’ pieces in order obstruct their path to block opponents to get into the house faster or even getting into the house.
<SHINee HARD Game>’s piece comes in green, blue, yellow and dark brown. Depending on the color you hold, the game’s order and the position on the game board will differ.
The participant who holds the green piece set will sit on the circle mark.
The participant who holds the blue piece set will sit on the triangle mark.
The participant who holds the yellow piece set will sit on the trapezium mark.
The participant who holds the dark brown piece set will sit on the square mark.
The first move made by the one who hold the dark brown piece will start the game and the game will proceed in clockwise direction.
Like the general board games, pieces can grab other pieces. Pieces caught by other pieces will be sent out of the board. Pieces sent out will be able to re-enter via the entrance anytime. Players will have to either slow down the speed of the opponents’ piece entering the house or guard your own piece and move it to the house safely. The one who are able to move all 5 pieces into the house first wins.

Introducing the Game Board
<SHINee HARD Game> is made up of 15 squares horizontally, 15 squares vertically with a space in the center and walls.
The outer square that has a piece mark is the entrance. Players are able to enter with their piece one by one at the entrance in front of them. It doesn’t matter which piece enters first. Between the 2 marks, the square that is in black will be the ‘1st level entrance’ and there will be no rules to be followed when using this entrance. However, if there is already a piece on the square, no new piece will be allowed to enter.
The square in white will be the ‘2nd level entrance’. In order to enter via the ‘2nd level entrance,’ players will have to at least have a piece entered the board via the ‘1st level entrance’.
The stick that links 3 or 6 squares together are the ‘Walls’. Most of the pieces won’t be able to go through the wall so they would have to turn back. As the walls will be the biggest obstacle for players to move their pieces to the center of the house so do take in consideration of the game board’s shape and how the pieces move in order to proceed forward.

Introduction the pieces
With Sphere as the spherical piece, it moves a square each time vertically or horizontally. It won’t be able to catch the piece that is on the square that touches it but it will be able to catch the piece diagonally from it. It won’t be able to go over the piece that is in their path. Even though it moves the least among the 5 pieces, it’s the only piece that can go over the wall.

With Cylinder as the cylinder piece, it moves 2 squares each time vertically or horizontally. It’s the only piece that can go over a piece if it’s in its path. However, if there’s a wall obstructing, it won’t be able to go over it.

With Cone as the cone piece, it moves 3 square each time vertically or horizontally freely. However, it won’t be able to move back into the square it took before, it will have to move forward with another 3 new squares. If there’s a piece in their path, it won’t be able to go over it. If there’s a wall obstructing, it won’t be able to go over it.

With Prism as the rectangle piece with a diagonal pop up, it moves a square diagonally after moving a square vertically or horizontally. If there’s a piece in their path, it won’t be able to go over it. If there’s a wall obstructing, it won’t be able to go over it too regardless if it’s blocking it vertically/horizontally or diagonally.

With Cube as the square piece, it moves as many squares desired diagonally. Depending on the color of the entrance used to enter, the piece will only be able to move in the black squares if it enters via the black square; the colored squares if it enters via the colored square. If there’s a piece in their path, it won’t be able to go over it. If there’s a wall obstructing, it won’t be able to go over it.

SHINee HARD Game’s special rules
Activation of Entrance
↳ In order to active the ‘2nd level entrance’ with the white mark, there needs to be at least one piece entered via the ‘1st level entrance’.

Deactivation of Entrance
↳ Players can block the entrance for other player’s piece to enter with their piece. However, if the player doesn’t have at least one piece on the game board, it will be completely stopping the game from proceeding and that would be considered as cheating.

Entering the Center House
↳ As the last stop of all pieces, pieces who have entered the house will not be able to come out of it again. It’s important to determine when to enter in order to make use of the various pieces on the game board.