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Ricochet Robots

RobotS in a kind of labyrinth

Four of the eight double-sided boards featuring 63 squares are combined, some squares are marked with walls, colored diagonal barriers or color symbols for target squares. Tiles for those target symbols are laid out face-down, the four colored robots start anywhere on the board but on the target spots.

For a round you turn up one of the target tiles and the robot of this color or - in case the joker vortex was turned up - any robot must be moved to the corresponding target square using the minimum of turns. A turn comprises an orthogonal movement to the next obstacle - obstacles are other robots, walls, barriers but also the edge of the board and the connecting middle piece of the board. From those obstacles the robot deviates to the left or right and begins a new turn. If he meets a colored diagonal barrier, the robot is deflected in a 90 degree angle. It is mandatory that the robot changes direction at least once in his move. You can - anytime in-between - move other robots, too, to deviate the active robot. You must find the way by looking only. The first player to bid starts the timer, each player gives a bid and can improve it while the timer runs. When all players have made a bid, the bids are resolved in ascending order, marking the starting square of the robot. If you meet your bid, you receive the target tile and you win with a pre-set number of tiles.

Ricochet Robot is still one of the best, if not the best of all logic puzzles; abstract, challenging and exciting, and - in this new edition - endlessly variable, as the edition comprises all boards published so far, and also a solo version created by Anson Bischoff.

Players: 1+

Age: 10+

Time: 30+

Designer: Alex Randolph

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Price: ca. 30 Euro

Publisher: Abacusspiele 2013

Web: www.abacusspiele.de

Genre: Logic, spatial conception

Users: With friends

Special: 1 player

Special: Many players

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

New edition

Previous editions in 1999 and 2004

Very simple basic rules

Exquisite logic fun

Any number of players, provided all have a clear view of the board

Compares to:

Rasende Roboter, Mutant Meeples

Other editions:

Devir, Gém Klub, Z-Man, Oya,

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 3

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0