Bōku

This article is about the game. For other uses, see Boku (disambiguation).
Bōku

Bōku is an abstract strategy board game[1] played with marbles on a perforated hexagonal board with 80 spaces. The object of the game is to arrange five marbles in a row. The game has also been sold under the name Bollox, and later Bolix[2] and won a Mensa Select award in 1999.[3]

Invented by Rob Nelson,[2] the former Portland Mavericks left-handed pitcher and creator of Big League Chew bubblegum. The idea for the game came to Nelson in 1991 when he was in London pitching for the Enfield Spartans. Along with good friend and owner of the Spartans Malcolm Needs they developed and marketed the game. Distributed by the London Games Company in Europe and Cadaco Toys in North America,[2] for a time it enjoyed the position of being the best selling two player strategy games in both Harrods and Hamleys. The game was awarded a Mensa International Gold Star.

Rules

Bōku belongs to the class of connection games ("n-in-a-row" games) similar to Gomoku or Connect Four. It has two main rules:

  • the game is won by putting five marbles into a row
  • if a player traps two of the opponent's marbles between two of their own, the player may remove one of the sandwiched marbles (and the opponent may not put a marble back into the same place on the next move).[4]

World championships

The official Boku world championships have been held as part of the Mind Sports Olympiad since 2000[5] in England and David M. Pearce (England) has been the champion five times. Andres Kuusk (Estonia) has won the title four times. The 2005 Bōku World Champion was Joey Ho from London, who was aged 17 when he claimed the title after defeating reigning champion David Pearce.

List of World Champions

  • 2000: Belgian David Glaude (Belgium)
  • 2001: Sweden Jan Palmgren (Sweden)
  • 2002: British Ben Pridmore (England)
  • 2003: British David M. Pearce (England)
  • 2004: British David M. Pearce (England)
  • 2005: Hong Kong Joey Ho (Hong Kong)
  • 2006: British David M. Pearce (England)
  • 2007: British James Heppell (England)
  • 2008: British David M. Pearce (England)
  • 2010: British David M. Pearce (England)
  • 2011: Estonian Andres Kuusk (Estonia)
  • 2012: Estonian Andres Kuusk (Estonia)
  • 2013: Estonian Andres Kuusk (Estonia)
  • 2014: Estonian Andres Kuusk (Estonia)
  • 2015: Estonian Martin Hobemagi (Estonia)
  • 2016: South African Alain Dekker (South Africa)

References

  1. ^ Boku at Board Game Geek [1] retrieved 29 April 2011
  2. ^ a b c Boku background http://boku.bandoodle.co.uk/story.php
  3. ^ List of Mensa select winners "Mensa Select Games - Mensa Mind Games - Award Winners - Board Games - Card Games". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-24. retrieved 29 April 2011
  4. ^ Rules of Boku [2] Retrieved 29 April 2011
  5. ^ Mind Sports Olympiad Boku Results http://www.boardability.com/result.php?id=boku Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine 06 September 2010

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