Khet is a chess-like abstract strategy board game in which each player commands a laser. Players take turns moving Egyptian-themed pieces on a ten by eight board, and after every move the mover fires the laser. Most pieces carry mirrors that turn the beam through ninety degrees, and a piece struck on a side without a mirror is removed from play. The goal is to steer the beam into the opposing Pharaoh while shielding your own. A turn is either a one-square move in any direction or a ninety degree rotation of a piece. Michael Larson and two students, Del Segura and Luke Hooper, designed it as a class project at Tulane University. It was first sold as Deflexion, which won a Mensa Select award, and was rebranded as Khet with an Egyptian theme after a trademark dispute. The game reached the public in the spring of 2005 and first shipped that October.
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designed the game as a class project at Tulane University
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abstract strategy board game
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The game was introduced to the public in the spring of 2005
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into the opponent's Pharaoh
History, designers and origin
designed the game as a class project at Tulane University
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3 and up
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None
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10-30 minutes
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