Rumis

Rumis is a three-dimensional building and abstract strategy board game designed by Stefan Kögl and published in 2003 by the Swiss cooperative Murmel Spielwerkstatt und Verlag. Each player has a set of eleven pieces in one colour, and every piece is assembled from two to four small wooden cubes in different shapes. Players take turns placing pieces on a small plan to raise a wall, pyramid, staircase or tower up to a set height, and each new piece must touch one of that player's own pieces, stay within the plan and leave no holes. When the target height is reached or nobody can place a piece, the structure is viewed from above and each player scores a point for every cube of their colour that is visible, with a deduction for each unplaced piece. The name comes from the Quechua word for stone, and the artwork draws on Inca architecture. The same rules have also been sold as Blokus 3D, and the game won several awards, including second prize at the 2001 international competition for game designers.