Khet: The Laser Game (2005)

Khet (aka Deflexion) is a chess-like board game that has two built in lasers and movable Egyptian-themed game pieces that have embedded mirrors which can be positioned to bounce the laser light around the board and hit opponent pieces.

To play, players alternate moving their pieces around the board. Some pieces have mirrors and some do not. Bounding the board is a raised frame into which are built two low-power lasers, one for each player. The game pieces include a "pharaoh", obelisks, and pyramids with mirrors. After each move, a player must press the button on his/her laser. The beam bounces from mirror to mirror around the playing field. The challenge is to protect one's own pharaoh while maneuvering to "light up" the opposing player's pharaoh.

Expanded by:

• Eye of Horus Beam Splitter
• Tower of Kadesh

Similar to:

• Laser Battle

Online Play

• http://www.ascendingintegration.com/Khet/ (Silverlight)

Awards:

• 2007 Årets Spel (Sweden) Winner, Best Adult Game
• 2007 Årets Familiespill (Norway) Nominee, Family Game of the Year
• 2006 Mensa Select

Dal Segura is a grad student in Tulane University's mechanical engineering program, and he developed the game with classmate Luke Hooper in a course taught by an associate professor, Michael Larson. The trio funded production of 3500 copies with a $12,680 grant from the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance.