Draw me a sheep….

Francesco Rota tells us about him

“I’ve been inventing logic games since I was 7 years old, but I’ve been more actively involved in them since January 1, 1995. I have also been a vegetarian since I was 20 years old and a vegan since I was 45. Today, I am interested in designing logic games for one or more players. In addition to my involvement my main objective is to work with minimalism: games that have a too long explanation and where you have to use your memory to remember the rules do not please me too much. In my opinion, a game must be explained in 30 seconds and people between the ages of 3 and 99 must be able to play it without error. I like to discover new logics and use them to create an amazing product that is easy to explain and addictive. When I imagined Battle Sheep, I wanted to make a game with different boards, without any fixed initial placement of pieces in order to not to make it easier for someone with more experience in the game. I wanted it to be quick to set up, quick to play and where the pieces are not eaten so as not to weaken the beginner player of Battle Sheep (who was called Split at first).

Like the egg and the hen, I don’t know if Battle Sheep was born before or after my Jokinjiro puzzle (published in the Focus Brain teaser magazine, the Sunday Telegraph and local Italian newspapers). But both are very similar and were born at the same time. ” – Translated from Italian by Timothée