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This game was named Deflexion earlier in it's life. The Game is played the same, the name is now KHET. Either way it is fun and  intellectually stimulating!

    Welcome to the world of Khet.

It's the game that combines lasers with classic strategy. Players alternate turns moving Egyptian-themed pieces having two, one or no mirrored surfaces. All four types of pieces (pharaoh, obelisk, pyramid and djed column) can either move one square forward, back, left, right, or diagonal, or can stay in the same square and rotate by a quarter twist. Each turn ends by firing one of the lasers built into the board. The laser beam bounces from mirror to mirror; if the beam strikes a non-mirrored surface on any piece, it is immediately removed from play. The ultimate goal is to illuminate your opponent's pharaoh, while shielding yours from harm!

Don't be intimidated by KHET's high tech looks; the basic principles behind the game can be understood easily! When a laser beam hits a mirrored surface, it will always bounce at a 90 degree angle. In other words, it will never bounce off at some weird angle into another row, but will always take a right or left turn, depending on which way the mirror is facing, and stay in a straight line until it hits another object as shown in the following pictures:

HOW IT WORKS:

Just like in pool or billiards, light bounces off at the same angle it hits a mirrored surface. If light hits a surface at a 45 degree angle, it will bounce off at a 45 degree angle. In science terms, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence.

Deflexion takes advantage of this principal by positioning all its mirrored surfaces at 45 degree angles relative to the board. Since the light hits at a 45 degree angle, it will then bounce off at a 45 degree angle making the total angle of reflection 90 degrees, or one quarter turn. Now, whenever the beam hits a mirrored surface at any point on the board it will always take a quarter turn in the direction the mirror was aimed and continue on a straight path in the row it was reflected as shown above.

KHET $45.00
 

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