Lariat

Lariat is a two-player game played on the surface of a cylinder with a hexagonal pattern board. The cylinder has one open end and one closed end. The center cell of the closed end is highlighted. The board starts out empty. Each player takes possession of an entire set of stones of one color, black or white.

Players take turns adding their stones to unoccupied cells on the board, one stone per turn. Black makes the first placement of the game. Each player will always have a placement available on his turn and must make one.

To win you must form a group of your stones which either includes the highlighted center cell or surrounds the center cell, and which includes an edge cell. Draws and ties cannot occur.