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Conex

colored corners and stars

Placing cards from your hand scores points, action cards and actions stars give bonus points. Conex cards have a monochromatic main area and two or three corner markings in other and varying colors; action cards carry, in addition, a symbol on the monochromatic main area. You begin with five cards in hand.

In your turn, you have two options. 1. Draw two cards from the draw pile for your hand. 2. Place a card from your hand and implement its action, if applicable, and advance your scoring marker on the board by the number of points you scored.

The corner shapes on a Conex card can be placed on the colored areas of the scoring board or on cards already displayed. Placement rules are: The newly placed card may only touch the board or the card on which it is placed, and a corner can only be placed on a main area of the same color; other Conex corners cannot be touched or covered, and a card cannot exceed the playing area.

A card that is placed on the +2 Action card scores two bonus points. If you place a card with a dice symbol, you score for the corner and then roll the die: You can receive a Flash star or a 2x star or draw one or two cards. The Flash star removes a free card from the display and all other players must also discard one card. The 2x star doubles the score of the newly placed card if set down on it. If someone reaches the final space of the score board, you win with most points at the end of the round.

A visual challenge for geometric/spatial thinking, you need a sense for spatial assessment and spatial alignment; the frames around the individual corners facilitate placement.

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Prospero Hall

Artist: Benjamin Petzold

Price: ca. 15 Euro

Publisher: Haba 2017

Web: www.haba.de

Genre: Cards, shape placement

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Abstract game

Ability for spatial assessment necessary

Die action card introduces more chance

Compares to:

Placement game with position requirements

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 1

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0