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TwixT is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented by Alex Randolph. It is a member of the connection game family, along with games such as Hex, Havannah, Y, and *Star.

Twixt is played on board with a 24×24 grid of holes, with the four corners missing. The two players are Red and Black; the topmost and bottommost rows belong to Red, and the leftmost and rightmost rows belong to Black. (Different sets may use different colors.)

The rules are as follows:

• The players take turns placing pegs of their respective colors on the board, one peg per turn.
• A player may not place a peg on the rows which belong to his or her opponent.
• Red places the first peg. To counteract first-move advantage, the pie rule is suggested. (One-move equalization is part and parcel of the original rules as written by Randolph, but some sets sold in the US did not mention it.)
• After placing a peg, you may link one or more pairs of pegs on the board which are all your own colour. The links can only go between two pegs a knight's move away from each other, and cannot cross another link; they block other links, most importantly the opponent's. You may remove your own links (but not your opponent's) in order to rearrange the sequence of links on the board.
• The first player to make a continuous chain of linked pieces connecting their two sides wins. If neither side can achieve this, the game is a draw.

3M originally published TwixT as part of its Bookshelf Games line; Avalon Hill took over publication at a later date. It is no longer produced in the United States of America, although Schmidt Spiele produced copies of the game in Germany, and Kosmos published a version of the game in 1998.

References

• Twixt web page on Richard Rognlie's Play-By-eMail Server
• Intro to Twixt on the *Mind Sports Olympiad website. Besides the rules, there are example games, positions, and puzzles.
• Funagain Games
• Little Golem's TwixT Page TwixT platform featuring tournaments and championships
• K2Z, where one may play real-time TwixT for free.
• Twixt puzzles created by Alex Randolph
• Twixt page on BoardGameGeek
• Information about computer-programs playing Twixt

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