YINSH is an abstract strategy board game by game designer Kris Burm. It is the fifth game to be released in the GIPF Project. At the time of its release in 2003, Burm stated that he intended it to be considered as the sixth and last game of the project, and that the game which he had not yet released, PÜNCT, would be logically the fifth game. However, the series was later expanded to seven games with the release of LYNGK.

Gameplay consists of moving rings to flip Reversi-like discs.

Rules

Equipment

thumb|right|upright=1.5|YINSH board with coordinates

YINSH is played on a board shaped like a truncated six-pointed star with a triangular grid and 85 spaces (referring to the nodes or intersections), including those along the perimeter. The board is oriented so the lines with the letter labels run between the two players. Each space in the game is available for placement of rings and markers

The game pieces are:

  • 5 black and 5 white rings
  • 51 reversible round disc markers which are black on one side and white on the other, similar to Reversi pieces

The rings are given to the players, while the markers are accessible to both as a common pool. , Boardspace.net, and pureabstracts. On mobile, there is Shyring for iOS, published in December 2014. In 2025, YINSH was added to Board Game Arena and is currently in public beta.

References

  • Web YINSH
  • code