Betzillo

DAAAD LTD

About this game

Betzillo
Betzillo brings Mū Tōrere, a classic Māori strategy game, to your phone as a calm duel of wits against a genuine thinking opponent. The board is a wheel: eight outer points ringed around one centre, the putahi, every point joined by lines to its neighbours and to the middle. You hold four black stones, the carver holds four white, and because eight stones share nine points there is always exactly one open point to slide into. Move one stone, one step, along a line. The single rule that gives the game its depth: a stone may enter the centre only when it stands beside an enemy, so there is no stalling. Nobody is captured — you win the moment your opponent has no legal move left, and lose if they trap you first. Twenty rounds raise the computer from a two-move planner to one that reads the whole board with a real minimax search, never cheating and never making an illegal move. Clear a round swiftly and in few moves for three stars and coins. Everything is earned by play; there is no pay-to-win. A quiet, clever board game that sharpens spatial planning and foresight.