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Greenfield game designer Andy Grant will demonstrate his new "Diamond Bridge" at a Family Game Night on Thursday, March 18, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Boswell’s Books, 10 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls. Kids and adults are invited to join the fun, trying out Diamond Bridge as well as playing games brought from home following the demonstration.

Diamond Bridge is a strategic board game for two to four players ages 8 and up. The board has a diamond-shaped grid, four corner pits and gems of two colors. Users say, "It's Zenlike,"
"The blue and green remind me of flowing water," and "It doesn't take a lot of instruction. The learning happens as you play the game."

"It's a great game," said one seller, "unlike anything we have on our shelves." Grant explains that “Diamond Bridge is in the lineage of a game invented by Piet Hein in 1942 at the University of Copenhagen. In 1948, a similar game was introduced at Princeton University by John Nash, a Nobel Laureate mathematician and subject of the book and movie, A Beautiful Mind. After reading a description in the book, I was inspired to make a rough-and-ready board so that my children and I could play. We found the game captivating. In recent years, I developed a series of prototypes and an updated set of rules based on extensive play testing. My box design and name, Diamond Bridge, reflect a core strategy of visualizing diamond shapes to span across the board. The game concept is basic—players try to bridge sides of their color. It's fun to play ‘right out of the box.’

"For the serious player the complexity of Diamond Bridge soon becomes apparent," Grant adds. "Mastering the game requires a sense of balance, spatial reasoning and sustained focus."
 

Signed game boards will be available to purchase at the event.