A game of ruse, conquest & sacrifice. Win by outwitting your opponent and trapping him between minefields.
A game of ruse, conquest & sacrifice. Win by outwitting your opponent and trapping him between minefields.
Phage is an abstract strategy game for two players. This Cocoa implementation pits a human player against an AI.
Each player has four pieces. Each piece moves differently and is able to make at most 7 moves, making for swift games—which means you can finish a game over a cup of tea!
The interface is still a bit crude, but functional. The feature set is small, but as of version 0.2 you can ask the AI to suggest a move for you (just hit the Tools menu, then chose the "Move hint" option).
Download Phage 0.2.1 (0.5MB disk image). This is a Universal Binary, and should run on Mac OS X 10.3.9 and later. New in this release:
Fixed a bug that caused Phage to be confused about whether you or the AI had just won the game. This would sometimes cause Phage to declare the AI winner of the game, when in fact you had won. Pesky cheating AIs...