Rek (ល្បែងរែក)

Rek (ល្បែងរែក) Free Game

Rated 4.30/5 (290) —  Free Android application by Moon Digit

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About Rek (ល្បែងរែក)

Rek is popular Ancient Khmer Board Game played by two people on the board of 8X8 squares. The Cambodian transitive verb “Rek” (ល្បែងរែក) means ‘carry on one’s shoulder a pole at each end of which is a container, bundle or object. It was pointed out that the game was popular among military troops. Today, it is also played by Cambodian women.

Objective
The object of the game is to “capture” instead of checkmate the opponent’s King. All units may be captured in two ways :

when they are “Rek” by an enemy unit in the analogy that they are the containers carried away by that enemy unit. This later way of capture actually bears the name of the game.
when they are tightly surrounded or trapped by the enemy units and thus have no legal move.
It also has two different forces of 32 units in total . Each side starts with a force of 16 units: One King and 15 Men. All the Men have the same value and physical shape. And they all, including the Kings, move like the Boat or Rook.

Another Style of Play​ (Taunt enemry to Rek)
The Rek also has its own special style of play. It is named “Min Rek Chanh” (Not Rek Lose if opponent taunt). The object of the game is still the same, capturing the opponent’s King. But, there is only one legal way to capture the enemy units, including the King: “Rek” them two at a time.

The Kings may not move at all, not even a square. They are “palace kings”! Other setting features and opening setup are the same as those of the regular Rek. The unique characteristic of this style of play is that a player’s order of Rek to the other must be honored, otherwise the latter loses and the game is over. So, strategic and deliberate sacrifices are the mind set behind winning the game.

Usually the game is over when one player orders a “right” series of the opponent’s consecutive moves to ‘Rek’ his units which ultimately will lead to the capture or Rek of the opponent’s King in return. BUT, if he orders the wrong series of the opponent’s moves, he ends up losing his force without any desirable consequence. Thus the game demands a long-term and coherent strategic planning to get the right orders of move.

In this kind of play, you are in a more dangerous situation for preserving too many own units, but if you do not have enough of them to design your scheme of making a right series of the opponent’s moves, it is not good either.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Rek (ល្បែងរែក) version 1.11 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.nagastudios.rek, download Rek (ល្បែងរែក).apk

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Game History & Updates

What's Changed
Fix sync server timer.
Version update Rek (ល្បែងរែក) was updated to version 1.11
Name changed  Name changed! Rek now is known as Rek (ល្បែងរែក).
Version update Rek (ល្បែងរែក) was updated to version 2.21
Version update Rek (ល្បែងរែក) was updated to version 2.10

What are users saying about Rek (ល្បែងរែក)

I70%
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មានអ្នកខ្លះលេងបើកអោយរែកក៏មិនរែកដែល បើកអោយចូលមិនហ៊ានចូលសុខចិត្តបិទមិនអោយគេចូលគួរតែកាត់ពិន្ទុកចេញ

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need log in to facebook

Y70%
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samde

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kharn leng you Tha sak download mok leng mdong teat kreng lor update but still bad.

Y70%
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Greate game.

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Good game but have no play by 2 players

T70%
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I proud of you that Khmer have our own traditional game on smart phone, but i wish you improve and develop more style of game because each places have difference styles and one more please respond to our comments and remind us when you fix or update and the exact time of updating. Thanks

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Please add login account fb

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Nice game

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Hard to find

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Good job.

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roumny

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I'm really love this. I'm proud to see this traditional game for my country , but now it doesn't work. how can I play this again? if it work ,I'll give five star.

N70%
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This app very good ! I do like it!

N70%
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Feel the young is coming back

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Can't play online

N70%
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Greate game.

N70%
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I really enjoyed to play this game so much, I'm sad when have no body Online and connect to play with me, anyway I'll recommend my friends to play this game too.....! :)

N70%
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U need update to latest version to play online. Help me please I will give u five star

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តាមការលេងតគ្នាក្នុងស្រុកខ្ញុំ ហៅរែក គឺស្តេចមិនអាចផ្លាស់ទីបានទេ។ ហើយកូនរែកក៏មិនអាចត្រូវគេស៊ីបានដោយការព័ទ្ឋនោះទេរ។ ព្រោះជាល្បែងរែកខុសគ្នា មួយគឺហៅរែក ហើយមួយទៀតគឺព័ទ្ឋរែក៕

C70%
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Khmer support KHMER

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Good

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Good game

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kharn leng you Tha sak download mok leng mdong teat kreng lor update but still bad.

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computer robos bong orn klang nas hz loplop teat vea ot jes call rek te.mex bng men make it oy smart jeang ng.brhel bng kor play men win nhom de merl tv!!! HAHA

C70%
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Greate game.

N70%
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I can't play it.when i opened the game it had closed directly.please fix!!!

C70%
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U need update to latest version to play online. Help me please I will give u five star

S70%
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Actually, It Always Show "Connection Timeout", I Have No Idea About That ! By The Way I'm Using Wi-Fi!

C70%
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I really enjoyed to play this game so much, I'm sad when have no body Online and connect to play with me, anyway I'll recommend my friends to play this game too.....! :)

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Thanks for this nice strategy/board game

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It not work

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Great

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Good

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great app

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I like...

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Good បើសិនជាអាអាចសូមជួយបង្កើត website អុកខ្មែរមួយ ដើម្បីអោយកូនខ្មែរបានផង សូមអរគុណទុកជាមុន

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Always error with android. Close by self, sometime can not join

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Good

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