Taasen is an abstract strategy game from another universe.
Jennifer Diane Reitz invented Taasen as part of the cultural fabric of Tryslmaistan, the alien cosmos
...Show more where her webcomic Unicorn Jelly takes place. Tryslmaistan has different physics than our universe, different societies, different traditions. Taasen is what the people there play.
The game works like chess or Go—pure strategy, no luck, everything visible. You can learn it in twenty minutes and spend years getting good at it. Three factions fight for control of a triangular worldplate, but only two players move the pieces. The rock-paper-scissors combat system creates weird tactical situations you won't find in other games.
Taasen means "To Conquer" or "To Colonize" in the ancient talcryl language. The board is shaped like a Tryslmaistan worldplate: dark corners for the unknown, a blue sea in the center, green forests around it, tan crystal deserts at the edges. Every design choice connects to the mythology Jennifer built.
For one full Taasen set, print three groups.
Each group should be a different color; traditionally red, green, and white or blue.
Each group should have one each of each shape: Thaum, Sciane, and Paupil.
You will also need to make a board, which is an equilateral triangle divided evenly into 16 smaller triangles.
Taasen comes from Unicorn Jelly, Jennifer Diane Reitz's webcomic that ran from 2001 to 2003.
You can read Unicorn Jelly at unicornjelly.com.
