Ploy is an abstract strategy board game for two or four players. It was invented by Frank Thibault and commercially released by 3M Company in 1970, as part of the 3M bookshelf game series. The game set includes a board and 48 pieces of various colors and markings along with instructions and a plastic tray to sort the pieces. [1]

"Ploy is the stimulating space-age strategy game. The object--to eliminate the opponent's Commander or all of his forces. Since pieces only move along paths in line with the indicators radiating from their centers, the strategy lies in knowing when to move and when to rotate a piece to change direction.

Ploy is a strategy board game similar to chess, where the objective is to capture your opponent’s pieces. Each piece on the board has both a distance (number of fins) and direction (fin configuration) factor that can be adjusted during a given move.

Here is an open source Ploy implementation for Windows written in Ada. PLOY is a piece capturing board game similar to chess for two or four players. Here pieces have a limited range i.e. they cannot move arbitrarily far and the direction a piece may move is limited, but can be changed during the course of the game.

Ploy was originally a "Bookshelf Game" marketed by 3M and was later reissued as Imperium by Schmidtt Spiele. Objective. Victory is granted by capturing the opponent's Commander, or...

1999年11月28日 · In Ploy the familiar chess pieces are replace by a "Commander" along with "Lances", "Probes" and "Shields". The game is played on gridlines and all pieces can move horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

This game in the 3M Bookshelf Series has a chess-like feel. Players move different types of pieces on the board, trying to eliminate their opponents or ca

Ploy is an abstract strategy board game for two or four players, played on a 9x9 board with a set of 15 pieces (2-handed) or 9 pieces (4-handed and partnership games) per player.

Another classic 3M game from my large box that I bought at GenCon is Ploy. In Ploy, the object of the game is to capture your opponent's commander, or all of his other pieces. It has a very Chess-like feel. Each of your pieces has 1-4 lines on the top of it.

In Ploy, the familiar chess pieces are replace by a "Commander" along with "Lances", "Probes" and "Shields". The game is played on gridlines and all pieces can move horizontally, vertically or diagonally.