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Two by Two

PAIRS FOR THE ARK

Players are rescuing pairs of stranded animals in a landscape that is sinking bit by bit. The animals are randomly distributed on the island, face down, 6 surplus tiles are set aside without looking at them. For the start of the game all animals next to a water tile are turned up,

In a turn you place a water tile on a land spot next to a water spot. An animal on this spot is covered and cannot be rescued any more. You score one point for each water tile next to the new water tile and then turn up all animal tiles that touch the new water tile. Then you can use your ark twice, either moving it to an adjacent water spot or to rescue a pair of animals. When the ark sits next to an animal and a second animal of that kind is visible anywhere on the board you take both animals onto your ark. When all animals are rescued or no water tiles are left the winner is the player with the highest score. To score your animals you either score 1 point for each animal, 2 points for each unicorn and 2 bonus points for each kind of animal that only you did rescue. Or you divide a maximum of six points for each kind of animal by all rescued pairs, so if all 3 pairs were rescued one pairs scores 2 points, if your pair is the only one rescued it is worth 6 points. Animals on arks marked with x2 earn you double basic points.

Sounds simple, but is one of those games with hidden depths! Placement of water tiles and movement of the ark need to be well considered, because you can outmaneuver yourself easily. This is a wonderful family game with enough tactical elements for experienced players, especially when using the advanced scoring.

Spieler         : 2-4

Alter            : ages 8+

Dauer           : ca. 45 min

Autor           : Rob Bartel

Grafik          : Patrick Lamontagne, Mark Poole, Kelsey Santucci

Titel            : ident

Preis            : ca. 30 Euro

Verlag          : Valley Games 2010

www.valleygames.ca

Genre                    : Set collecting game

Zielgruppe             : For families

Sprache        : en de fr it nl es pt ch

Regeln         : en de fr it nl es pt ch

Text im Spiel : no

Kommentar:

Simple basic rules

Tactical depths, especially with the advanced scoring

Very good family game

Nice components

Vergleichbar:

Seeland for uncovering tiles/collecting tiles mechanism

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