Deflexion - Playing with Lasers

December 7th, 2005 by Al in Toys, Electronic Gadgets

Deflexion Game
This is a really original idea for a game IMO. It’s called Deflexion and is a board game unlike any other that I’ve seen.

Like all the best games the rules are very simple and quick to learn but will take an age to master. The aim of the game is to be the first player to shoot your opponents pharaoh with your grade II laser but as you can’t move or aim your laser you need to do a bit laser dancing and bouncing.

In the Deflexion game, each player has an assortment of djeds, pyramids and obelisks. These pieces either reflect the laser beam or block it (or both depending on which side is hit). If a piece blocks the beam it is classed as destroyed and removed from the board. Each player takes it in turn to move or rotate one of their pieces, after their move they can fire their laser to see what it now hits.

So the aim of the game is to position your pieces in such a way that when your laser is fired it is bounced (well reflected) around and ends up vaporizing you opponent’s pharaoh. Whilst you’re positioning your pieces your opponent will be doing the same so you need to think defence as well as offence. It’s also possible to vaporize your own pharaoh and pieces if you don’t watch what you’re doing.

You can find further info and instructions and buy the game online at ThinkGeek

Whilst looking for other laser board games I found a Laser Chess game that was made as a college project. The pictures of it look really cool just a shame you can’t buy it it in the shops.

[Deflexion found via BoingBoing and Wired]

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9 Comments on “Deflexion - Playing with Lasers”

Geeksquare.info Says:

December 8th, 2005 at 5:49 am

Da videogame a…board game

Alzi la mano chi non ha mai giocato a un videgioco dove bisognava manovrare specchi e altri oggetti per deviare un raggio laser affinché raggiungesse un obiettivo, attivandolo. Un nome fra tutti? Deflektor, che ha spopolato sugli home computer degli a…

rick Says:

December 8th, 2005 at 2:25 pm

not quite an original idea. this is based on a free program in an old issue of compute! magazine. it gave free source code for the commodore 64 and other platforms of the era so that you could play the game. fun none the less. but not original.

Desco Says:

December 8th, 2005 at 3:14 pm

“This is a really original idea for a game IMO.”? I think not. I remember typing in a game on my Commodore 64 called Laser Chess out of a Compute magazine. You can even play this original version and a more advanced version as Java applets here http://www.laserchess.org/

Al Says:

December 8th, 2005 at 3:27 pm

Sorry I only had a Spectrum, I still think it’s “kind of” original for a board game, but you’re right about the idea itself not being so original (though still cool).

Nick McGlynn Says:

December 8th, 2005 at 11:26 pm

THAT IS MY IDEA! YOU STOLE MY IDEA!

Economysizegeek Says:

December 9th, 2005 at 8:45 am

Actually this board game looks a lot like a game called “Laser Chess”
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4298
This game started out on the AtariST back in the 80s - I was a huge fan - the fact that you can now play it as a board game is seriously cool.

Edward C Says:

December 10th, 2005 at 8:44 am

Well the thing is even teh idea might not be original, its’ still theirs and they had teh balls to complete it and market it. Doesn’t matter…they did it, you weep it.

RevAaron Says:

December 12th, 2005 at 9:05 pm

No joke. This is pretty cool looking. No, it’s not a completely new idea- but I thik you’d be really hardpressed to find anything that is really all that new. Unlike all the other games posted, this is a real boardgame. With real lasers and mirrors. Not just a computer representing them. That counts for a fair bit. Even those “original” games you cite, LaserChess and the like aren’t original themselves, they too were based off of other ideas. In short- get over yourselves!

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