The Rimboxing Game

The Way of Words

Each of the two players has 14 pieces on a 64-square board.

To win, all you have to do is combine at least 3 of them in the centre of the board. But be careful: each piece represents a word and the combination must make a sentence!

In turn, each player moves a piece from square to square, following the strategy of his choice: eliminate the opponent's pieces and risk a draw, or try to use them to his advantage by integrating them into his own combination to win.

Variant: in the ring

The In the Ring version is a variant inspired by boxing: the game is played in rounds and, in addition to the 14 pieces in the standard game, a fifteenth piece represents your opponent's Head.

To win, knock out your opponent by surrounding his head with 3 of your pieces. Or maybe you're aiming for victory by points, playing faster but perhaps less well?

Choose your strategy, but be careful: at the end of each round, you have to go back to your side of the ring and prepare for the next!

One game, two strategies: will you choose the Way of Words or step into the ring?

A championship of anthology

Authors compete text to text

at the Rimboxing Club game

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The Rimboxing Club game is based on the same poetics as my other work: demonstrating creativity by mixing gesture and word.

The huge number of possible movements on the board gives it almost infinite replayability, and its grammatical mechanics ensure that it can be played in a large number of languages.

It's a game with immense potential, international, competitive, educational... a game that encourages reflection, creativity and the discovery of foreign languages.

It's a game that needs help to develop. So why not support such a wonderful project?