The first player starts the game by placing a piece from their hand onto a square on the outer edge of the board. Players then take it in turns to place pieces in unoccupied spaces.

Each piece dictates when your opponent must play next:

• Straights: same row or column
• Diagonals: in a diagonal line
• Pusher: not adjacent
• Puller: adjacent

If there are no spaces where you can legally play, you must pass. Your opponent is now free to play in any empty space.

Score a point for each line of three pieces. A line of four counts as two overlapping lines of three, so scores two points.

The game ends when a player cannot play because they have no more pieces.