Place as many stones as the number printed on the cell. Form the largest contiguous group. If largest groups tie, compare second-largest, and so on. The first player opens with a single stone on a cell labelled 2.

Inventor: Nick Bentley

See BoardGameGeek: Strands.

Random numbers on base 6 (size-6-random).

Fixed layouts (size-5-fixed, size-6-fixed, default 7, size-7-fixed).

Lower numerals on base 6 (size-6-fixed-lownumbers).

• Current engine version: 20240804 (2024-08-04). On Abstract Play since 2024-08-02.
• 20240714 adjusted the size-6 distribution slightly.

• A display option always shows the printed numbers.

• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364343/strands