LINKX

About this board game

LINKX is a two-player board game with approximately 10 minutes of play time, released in 2025. Players take turns dropping polyominoes into a vertical playing area, aiming to connect opposite sides with a continuous line of their color.

Each player has their own set of polyominoes. On a turn, a player drops one piece into the shared vertical area, adding to the developing arrangement and changing the available connections for both players.

The winning objective is based on creating an uninterrupted path across the area. A player wins as soon as their color connects either the left and right sides or the top and bottom sides.

• Players: 2
• Play time: 10 minutes
• Core mechanism: Drop one polyomino at a time into a vertical playing area
• Winning condition: Connect opposite sides with a continuous line of your color

Because both players add pieces to the same area, every drop contributes to the evolving pattern of colored polyominoes. The two possible connection directions give the game its central focus: a winning line may run from left to right or from top to bottom.

LINKX presents its entire contest through these clearly defined placement and connection rules. With two players and a listed play time of 10 minutes, it offers a concise game centered on dropping pieces and completing a continuous path first.