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Jishaku (jee-shah-koo) is a portable strategy game like chess or checkers that can be played anywhere – in the kitchen or at the beach. But unlike chess, the element of surprise is when the magnet jumps out of position, without warning. Surprise, then laughs, follow as two or more players try to beat the force fields with strategic thinking plus careful and precise handling of the game's magnetic stones. The unpredictability of the game turns any get-together into a party.
Each game comes with 18 polished magnetic stones, a storage pouch and a novel foam insert where the force fields are teased to stay apart or jump together. The game can be played three different ways –, emptying your "hand" with "I'm Out!", "Roundup" and "Elimination".
In Jishaku it matters not only where you place your stones but also how you place each one. All magnets have north and south poles and a magnetic field. Study the effect your magnet has on the stones around it. It will attract some and repel others. How you manage that interaction determines your fate.
The obvious goal of Jishaku, the Japanese word for magnet, is to control your magnets and not have them control you. Because of the constant surprise element, the game appeals to both boys and girls ages 8 and up and has special appeal to more mature game players as well.
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