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What is XIMAXIMA is a 3D board game from Cuba: a four-floor pyramid, 10 blocks per player and one goal, bringing your special block to the top. Play it free online.How to playLearn to play XIMA in five minutes: bring blocks onto the board, move them in straight lines, climb floors using other blocks as steps and reach the summit.Official rulesThe official rules of XIMA explained with examples: turns, entering blocks, straight-line moves, climbing, dominating, capturing, rescuing and winning.History of XIMAXIMA was born in Havana in 2010, created by Yosdel Vicente Muiño Acevedo and Liz Power Suárez. Where the game comes from, its name and its idea.
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The boardThe XIMA board explained: a four-floor pyramid of 13 × 13 squares, coordinates from A1 to M13, inner and outer rings, faces, corners and the summit on G7.ClimbingThe most important rule in XIMA: how high a block can climb on each step, why you need a step block to change floor and how to climb two floors at once.Dominating and capturingWhen a block dominates another in XIMA, when it captures it, and what the sandwich capture and the crushing capture are. With clear examples.Game modesThe four XIMA game modes: Science with no dice, Chance with two dice, Cienzar (you choose each turn) and Science vs Chance. Which one to pick.NotationLearn XIMA's very simplified algebraic notation: long and short form, «-» for entering a block, «=» for the special block, captures and dice, with examples.
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StrategyXIMA strategy in one guide: the fight for the second floor, when to bring in the special block, the two centres, initiative and how to win an endgame.OpeningsXIMA openings according to the book: why there are only 13 distinct opening squares, and the Liz, Susy, Muiño, Tanu, Párragueña, Capablanca and Yosdel openings.CIMAX ratingWhat CIMAX is and how it works: every player starts with 1,000 points and wins or loses points based on the strength, power, time and turns of each game.
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You can play XIMA for free at juegoxima.com, on your computer or phone, against people, against the bot (four difficulty levels), in tournaments or by solving the daily puzzle. The game interface is available in English: change it in Settings.