Welcome to Botchee Cafe, a site dedicated to the game of Botchee. Botch means "to harm or spoil through inept or clumsy handling".1 What is more prone to botching, than a Sudoku puzzle? Botchee is a game based on Sudoku, where botching becomes a strategy to win the game. 9x9 Sudoku is too complex for a simple game, fortuneatly this is a good application for Top Hat Sudoku. |
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Bonus points are
awarded for completing a region.
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Complete an X pattern to win a Quick game.  |
The Xtreme edition of Botchee is so named because of the central X patterns, and allows play between robots, people or any combination of up to 6 players.
Play: Numbers are placed Sudoku style, with each number used only once per region.
A move scores bonus points if it completes a region plus the point value of the number placed, i.e. Place a 5 and score five points.
A game of Botchee ends in one of two ways:
1) The puzzle is Solved when all tiles are filled, the last player is sure to score an abundance of bonus points as the final move completes the puzzle.
2) The puzzle is Botched when no move is possible; the botching player attempts to control the game by blocking their opponents access to bonus points.
Placing a number can complete more than one region so point totals escalate as the puzzle nears solution. Botching the puzzle is a key strategy used to win the game.
