Ringo (board game)

Ringo

Ringo board and starting position. Black moves first.
Years active	late 19th/early 20th century to present
Genres	Board game Abstract strategy game
Players	2
Setup time	30 sec
Chance	None
Skills	Strategy, tactics

Ringo is a two-player strategy board game from Germany,^[1] invented perhaps in the late 19th or early 20th century. The version of rules described here is from R.C. Bell's Discovering Old Board Games (1973) which is a translation from a German text by M. C. Oswald.^[2] The game simulates a siege of a citadel. Attackers are attempting to enter the citadel while defenders are trying to protect it and reduce the number of attackers.