The Shop Delivers Rectangles
Rules v2.9 · Video version 8
Music: Unequal Routes

CLICK: Next customer.

PIP: One delivery, please. Star-shaped zone. Very festive.

CLICK: The shop delivers rectangles.

PIP: Fine. I will fold the points in. The logo stays.

COACH: Last time we stood on one square, and the square paid us.

CLICK: Bank: four crystals. Nobody has spent them yet.

COACH: The Place step comes before movement and attacks. Watch the shaded box. A box is a rectangle.

COACH: It runs from our home at A1 to our Muju at D4, edges included.

COACH: That Muju is our anchor: the friend the box is drawn to. The box is its rectangle.

CLICK: C3: empty. C3: inside the box.

COACH: Three crystals buy a Hi there. Only the smallest pieces are for sale.

COACH: It arrives right now. Buying costs crystals and no actions.

COACH: One enemy anywhere inside turns the whole box off. Not only the squares beside it.

PIP: The longest point of my star lands on G7, outside our box.

COACH: New puzzle. The bank has four crystals again.

COACH: C3 is still empty. A Black Hi is standing on B2, inside our box.

COACH: Can that anchor deliver a teammate to C3?

COACH: Put a finger on a card, or look at both.

COACH: The answer is no, and the reason is a good one.

COACH: The square was fine. The whole box went dark.

CLICK: One enemy inside, and the whole box goes dark.

COACH: One rectangle is blocked. A different friend might still have a clear one.

PIP: One complaint and the whole delivery zone closes?

CLICK: That was not a customer.

CLICK: Name for the file: the Blocked Rectangle.

COACH: Now suppose we remove that Black Hi during our actions.

COACH: Shopping is still finished. Once the turn moves to actions, the shutter comes down.

PIP: My mat says DELIVERY ENTRANCE. It is now a mat outside a shut shop.

COACH: Cover the box from home to your friend with your hand, edges and all.

COACH: Fire and Lightning cost three each. Water and Shadow cost four. Plant and Metal cost five. You may buy any number you can afford, on legal empty squares. Each new piece can act immediately.

COACH: Black draws rectangles from J10 toward a Black anchor. Either player may choose any clear friendly anchor. An enemy on your home is inside every one of your rectangles, so it blocks all purchases. Existing pieces can still promote and act.

COACH: If an enemy is under your hand, pick another friend. Stopping here is fine.

PIP: The star map goes in the drawer. The logo was finished first.