CTOR! A fascinating abstract strategy game from Russia that "folds space".
Invented by Dr. Vladmir Bronikov (a.k.a. "Dr. Bronn"), the CTOR game board has been designed to represent a 3-dimensional playing surface - the Torus.
(Torus is the scientific name for the shape of a donut.)
You can purchase a copy of CTOR here:
https://newventuregames.com/products/ctor
QUICK NAV:
00:00 Intro
00:42 About the Inventor and his inspiration
01:19 The game's production history
02:29 How the Torus shape gets flattened
03:38 The components and Objective
04:11 Resources for further rules
04:36 The basic rules and "operations"
08:11 The rest of the rules - the 3-D Board concept
12:46 Team Play basics
14:32 Solo Play
15:07 Expert Mode (some optional "Advanced" rules)
17:27 The AGS "Torus" Edition of the game
18:17 The "Special Announcement"
19:38 Outro
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Learn more about the game at BGG:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358639/torus
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