Pick a column
Slide along your launch row and drop. A column is only open while the cell below your orb is free.
Every drop is a gambit.
A two-player strategy duel of falling orbs. Drop, deflect and block your way down a maze that changes with every move — and make sure your rival can’t follow.
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How to play
Both players have a row of 29 orbs above the board. Take turns dropping one at a time. Gravity does the rest — and every orb that stays on the board changes the path of the next.
Let the maze decide
Arrows roll the orb sideways and then flip. Black holes teleport it. Blocks and other orbs stop it dead.
Score deep, block high
Reach the bottom for 60 points. Orbs that stop on the way score by depth — and a high orb can wall off a whole column for your rival.
The board
ArrowRolls the orb one way, then turns around once the orb has left it.
Purple arrowLike the others, but every purple arrow also turns each time an orb is dropped. Level 3 of the long game.
BlockStops orbs. When no one can drop any more, all blocks vanish and the orbs on them fall on.
Black holeSends the orb to the next hole. An orb stuck in a hole seals it for good.
Bonus+10 to the first orb that passes through. It never changes the path.
OrbsEach shows its value. 4 points on the top row, 2 more per row, 60 at the bottom.
Modes
Short game
One randomly generated maze. Quick, sharp, decisive.
Long game
Three levels, scores carried over. Orbs left on the board become +10 bonuses on the next maze, the player behind starts, and level 3 brings purple arrows.
Versus computer
Easy, Normal or Hard. Easy also lets you preview where your drop will land.
Two players
Share one keyboard. Hold Shift, or press Tab, to peek at your rival’s launch row.
Screenshots
Ready for your first gambit?
No download, no account. It runs right here in your browser.
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