YINSH
Fifth game in the GIPF project — form five-in-a-row rings on a hex grid to score.
🌤indoor
What is YINSH?
YINSH is the fifth game in Kris Burm's award-winning GIPF Project of connected abstract strategy games. Two players place and move rings on a hexagonal grid, dropping markers as they slide. Enclose five markers in a line to remove a ring — collect three rings to win. Its constantly-shifting board state and elegant marker-flipping mechanic have made it a favourite of the abstract-strategy community.
Quick facts
Category
Board Games
Type
Individual
Players
2–2
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Estimated origin
2003, Kris Burm (Project GIPF, Netherlands)
Olympic
No
Popularity
niche
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified