Dominating and capturing

Dominating

A block dominates when it ends its move on top of one or more blocks. All the blocks underneath, whatever their colour, can't move while it stays there. As soon as the top block leaves, they are free again. A dominating block also stands higher, so it can climb further on its next move.

Capturing

When a block arrives on a column, count the blocks of each colour in it, including the new one. If no colour has more blocks than yours, every colour with fewer blocks than yours is captured and leaves the game for good (except the special block, which can be rescued).

• Blue lands on red: 1 against 1. Red is dominated, not captured.
• Blue lands on a column with a red and a blue: 2 against 1. Red is captured.
• Blue lands on two reds: 1 against 2. The reds are only dominated.

Mind the height: to land on a column of two blocks you must come from higher up, for example down from the floor above or from on top of another block. From the same level you can only climb onto a single block.

Types of capture

• Sandwich: one of your blocks is dominated by an opponent and another of yours lands on top; the opponent is outnumbered between your two blocks.
• Crushing: the same player dominates a column again by placing a second block on top of their own.
• Mixed: both at once in the same column.