====== Paintbucket ======

Paintbucket is a flipping game of elimination for two players, White and Black. In this game, you flip groups of opposing pieces until only yours remain. \\

Inventors: Michael Amundsen, Alek Erickson \\
Year: 2022

===== Rules =====

See [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/362682/paintbucket|BoardGameGeek: Paintbucket]]. Default **12×12** square.

DEFINITION: A group is a maximal set of orthogonally adjacent like-colored pieces.\\
SETUP: Set up a chessboard using Reversi pieces in a checkered pattern.\\
GAMEPLAY: On your turn, flip an enemy group.\\
OBJECTIVE: Eliminate the enemy pieces.\\

===== Variants =====

==== 16×16 board ====

''size-16''.

===== Further details =====

==== Version history ====

  * Current engine version: ''20250330'' (2025-03-30). On Abstract Play since 2025-04-05.

==== Links ====

  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/362682/paintbucket]]

  * [[https://ericksonlaboratory.neocities.org/Abstracts/Paintbucket/]]