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The Rules for Zen-et. A two Player Game of Ethereal Complexity
The winner of the Game is the first Player to bear off (remove)
all their tokens from the board. This is achieved by moving a
piece to the House of Eternity at the Heart of the Board as symbolised
by the Ab amulet. By bearing off a token their dice pool is reduced
by one on all subsequent rounds. Thus each Player only has dice
equal to their current total of tokens in play.
Mundane Players use five tokens and initially require five D6
Infernal Players require six tokens and require 6D6
Celestial Players require seven tokens and seven dice
Tricky Ethereals use eight dice and tokens!
Players roll a D6 to determine who starts first. The first Player
may place one of their tokens anywhere on the outer ring of hexes.
Their opponent places their first token; thereafter alternating
until all tokens are placed.
The first Player rolls all their dice simultaneously and allocates their values to moving individual pieces.
In the basic game all movement is clockwise around the board with
the optional Advanced rule that Infernals move counterclockwise.
Ethereals may chose one direction and stick to it and Mundanes may move in either direction as they please!
By landing on an opponent’s piece it may be removed and placed
anywhere on the board… normally on the outer edge!
Static pieces block progress. They my be landed on (and removed to an outer realm) but never passed through.
A six may be used to move a piece onto an adjacent hex on an inner
track.
Special Houses
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Beauty “Per Nefer” A Player with a piece starting on this hex gets an additional
throw.
Water "iteru" the river. A Player with a piece starting on this hex may double the move
of any one of their pieces.
The House of Three “Per?” a piece on this hex remains here until born off by the owning
Player obtaining a three of a kind. Or displaced by an opponent’s
token!
(If successfully born off, the Player gets to choose which two
other tokens are unmoved by the experience.)
The House of Two “Per Wiy” as above except only two of a kind is required.
The House of the Pharaoh “Per Wer” A piece on this hex remains here until forcibly displaced by
an opponent’s piece landing on it. It may not be promoted by a
six!
(The Pharaoh cannot step down, only deposed!)
The owning Player (Pharaoh) may displace any token of their opponent
in the outer three circles “rekhyt”. Normally to the outer border
of their ‘kingdom’.
The Pharaoh may not move any token that is on the same circuit
“pat”nor any token on the innermost ring “henmemet” encircling
the Ab. These inner court functionaries are safe from the Pharaoh’s
wiles!
The above is totally ungametested and may contain ‘undocumented features’.