Hijara

Hijara is a 3D Tic-Tac-Toe with scoring, but portrayed on a 2D board.From the marketing materials:Hijara ... a 2-player, abstract, strategy board game of concentration using stone placement and points accumulation.Start with an empty board, end with a full board and the player with the most points is the winner.There are three ways to score points: 4 numbers of a kind in a row - horizontally, vertically, diagonally scores 10 points. 4 numbers in sequence - horiz., vert., diag. scores 15 points. 4 numbers in a square scores 20 points.You snooze, you lose - as overlooked points are forfeited.With only one rule - stones must be placed on the numbered squares in numerical order - it sounds easy ... to comprehend, it is - to play, headaches may occur!Hijara, Arabic for small stones, is a 3D game on a 2D board and listed in GAMES 1996 Top 100. - BoardGameGeek