Kengi

Kengi is a video game in the strategy genre developed by Software 2000 and published by Software 2000 originally released in 1991. It is currently playable on DOS, Amiga.

A decent puzzle game best described as Othello in 3D.

In this variant of the board game, you and the computer player take turns placing Kengi (small aliens) on the game board. Each player scores by placing four or more of his Kengi to line up in any direction. The goal, of course, is to have a higher score than the computer player when the board runs out of space.

What makes Kengi more interesting than an average Othello variant is the fact that there are not just one, but five boards, stacked on top of each other. Therefore, you can score not only by lining up Kengis on one board, but on four different boards - the pieces just have to be directly on top of each other. This makes the game interesting, as you have to think both vertically and laterally.

Unfortunately, you can't freely place the Kengis anywhere you want, and these restrictions on the rule are rather opaque and make the game a bit frustrating: it's hard to know where you can or can't place the Kengis. It's worth a look if you like Othello, but by no means essential.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.