Splotch is played upon an equal hexagonal field of four cell sides.
The pieces consist of three different token, Red, Yellow and Blue. The pieces are the mutual property of both players, and there is a generous quantity of each.
 
Each player, in turn, introduces a token of one type upon the playing field under the following conditions:
1. The player cannot play a type which was last played by the opponent.
2. The target cell cannot contain a token of the type being played.
 
After placing this token, the player then adjusts the condition of the surrounding cells adjacent to this placement. If the adjacent cell has a token of this type, it is removed but any other token in the cell remains. If the adjacent cell does not contain a token of this type, a token is placed in the cell.
 
Any cell which contains one of each of the three types of tokens is captured by that player.
 
The game is won by the first player to capture ten tri-color stacks.
 
The stack of tokens located in the upper left-hand corner of the diagram will note which tokens are available for play at a turn. Captures will be recorded in the bar graphs to the right, white for the First player and black for the Second.