To begin, each player places the pieces in the middle then players take turns choosing one piece after another, placing these pieces in front of them. Once all the pieces have been claimed, the players — starting with the last one to take a piece and reversing the playing order — take turns placing their pieces on the game board one by one. The winner of the game is whoever has the fewest squares remaining.
Polyssimo Challenge is very tactical, with an emphasis on geometrical reasoning.