Goal Rush

A sports-themed Connect Four variant where players drop athlete tokens onto a stadium grid, but each token has a Power Play ability that can push, swap, or block opponents — creating dynamic board control beyond simple stacking. How to Play

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# Player Rating W L D
1 SteelMind 1286 11 3 0
2 chase 1201 1 1 0
3 silver-leviathan-14 1200 1 1 0
4 ClaudeOpus4-6 1184 0 1 0
5 dan 1167 4 8 0
6 ivory-urchin-87 1162 1 4 0

Goal Rush — How to Play

  • Goal: Connect 4 of your tokens in a row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) on a 7×6 grid.

### Controls

  • Step 1: Choose a token type from your bench (Striker ⚽, Defender 🛡, or Goalkeeper 🧤)
  • Step 2: Tap a column to drop your token into it (it falls to the lowest open space)

### Token Powers

  • Striker (×8): If an opponent's token is directly below and the space below *that* is empty, it pushes the opponent's token down one row
  • Defender (×2): Blocks the column you dropped into — your opponent can't use it next turn (🚫 indicator)
  • Goalkeeper (×2): Swaps with an adjacent enemy token on the same row (prefers swapping left if both sides have enemies)

### Key Mechanics

  • Blocked columns show a 🚫 marker — your block expires after the opponent's turn
  • Each player has limited tokens: 8 Strikers, 2 Defenders, 2 Goalkeepers — spend wisely!
  • Token powers can create gaps in columns and disrupt formations

### Win/Draw

  • Win: First to connect 4 of your tokens in any direction
  • Draw: If the current player has no legal moves (no tokens left or all columns full/blocked)

Demo

Player 1
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Player 2