The
GIPF Project is an award-winning series of six
abstract strategy games by designer
Kris Burm. The series is named after the first game,
GIPF, and the idea behind the project is that the reward for winning each of the other games in the series is to allow the winner to introduce new pieces with special powers, called
potentials, into a concurrent game of
GIPF. However, any of the games may also be played individually in the normal way, and they have attained most popularity in this form. The potentials are available in 3 separate sets, the first containing
TAMSK potentials, the second
ZÈRTZ and
DVONN potentials (along with pieces to expand
ZÈRTZ standalone games), and the third and final set containing
YINSH and
PÜNCT potentials, plus extra
GIPF pieces. The publication of the third expansion set at the Essen
Spiel 2006 event completed the project, and marked the partnership of Burm with Belgian game company SMART, who now publishes all the
GIPF games. In 2007, Burm released the new game
TZAAR to replace
TAMSK as the second game in the
GIPF Project.