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The Blue Lion

Arsène Lupin contra Lady X

In the Louvre diamonds from all over the world are showcased, among them the Blue Lion. It is not really surprising that master thief Arsène Lupin is very interested.

The game features 6 tiles, showing images on both sides, featuring Arsène, Lady X, the police man and the Blue Lion; each image is represented three times, always with one of the other images at its back. Players either embody Arsène or Lady X and want to be first to collect seven diamonds, either due to stealing the Blue Lion or by handing over the opponent to the police. Victory points are won by laying out combinations of three tiles: Blue Lion between 2x Arsène or 2x Lady X scores two diamonds, Arsène  or Lady X between two police men one diamond and three times the Blue Lion in a row scores you three diamonds.

The tiles are thrown onto the table at the start; then players in turn place a tile to form a row of six, at any end of the row, you can turn over a tile before placing it, but cannot check the backside. Once in a game one player can pass his turn, then passing is not possible for the rest of the game. When the row is complete, you relocate tiles from end to end without turning them or you switch the two tiles in the middle or you turn over a tile. When you form a combination in this way, you score; if you happen to form a combination for your opponent, he scores! The middle from a combination scored goes out of the game temporarily according to exact rules and cannot score immediately when reintroduced into the game. The Blue Lion offers logic and memory training at its finest, an attractive think fun for two crafty tacticians.

Players: 2

Age: 8+

Time: 15+

Designer: Sylvain Duchêne, Bruno Cathala

Artist: Cyril Bouquet

Price: ca. 8 Euro

Publisher: Jactalea 2011

Web: www.jactalea.com

Genre: Placement and set formation

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr

In-game text: no

Comments:

Logic memo game

Purely abstract despite the topic

Only playable for two

Ease to carry along

Compares to:

Other Placement games with set-formation for points

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 3

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0