GIPF is the first game in the GIPF Project, an award-winning series of six (arguably seven) abstract games by Belgian designer Kris Burm. Burm first published the game as an independent in 1997, but a few months after its initial release, he came to a partnership with a German publisher. The game and its successors in the GIPF Project have been released worldwide by a few publishers in the nineteen years since. Even after all this time, GIPF still stands as one of the most revered abstract titles in our hobby.