Ketchup (2010)

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Designer	Nick Bentley
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Publisher	(Web published) igGameCenter
Year Published	2010
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	13 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
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Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Abstract Games (7 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy Print & Play
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence
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Primary Name	Ketchup
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Ketchup is a simple abstract game with a devilish dynamic. The goal is to have the largest group of stones on the board when the board is full of stones, but as you get closer to winning, your opponent gets more powerful. Whereas most stone-placement games are about position, Ketchup is about timing, position, and the interplay between them.

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Ketchup was a finalist in the Thousand-Year Game Design Challenge

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-Thousand Year Game Design Challenge - Finalist

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0	General personal achievement	2012-04-30	milomilo122	2
2	General Just 9 more ratings and I will have achieved a long-held dream	2012-04-26	milomilo122	0
0	General Well that was weird	2012-04-20	milomilo122	2
3	General Game decided by 3rd largest group! First time ever! (?)	2012-04-17	milomilo122	2
3	General Could Ketchup be commercialized?	2012-04-09	milomilo122	11
3	Strategy Refined Ketchup Strategy Article	2012-04-06	milomilo122	0
4	General change at the ig game center	2012-01-04	milomilo122	0
5	General Woohoo! Ketchup a Finalist in 1000 Year Game Design Challenge	2011-12-28	milomilo122	2
2	Variants Introducing Spice, an adaptation of Ketchup for the Shibumi game system	2011-12-09	grid	3
3	General An enthusiastic Review of Ketchup	2011-11-29	milomilo122	0

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Up-to-date Ketchup Rules	http://nickbentley.posterous.com/pages/ketchup	2011-08-31
Ketchup rules in Russian	http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/ru/ketchup.html	2010-03-10
Ketchup Rules	http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/en/ketchup.html	2010-03-09