Fissure

2 players.

Materials
A hex board having 37 cells, 4 hexes to a side, and 37 stones in a single color.

Setup
Place a stone, in each of the 37 cells of the board.

Definitions
Group - one or more adjacent stones.

Object
The player with the most stones wins.

Play
Choose a starting player, turns alternate

On a turn remove 2 non-adjacent stones from a line of adjacent stones. Removed stones are used for endgame scoring.

If a group is split into 2 or more groups, the player that caused the split takes the smallest group, but if the smallest groups are of equal size, the player then decides which one to take.

The game ends when a player cannot take his turn.