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Schlingo Bingo

Number rows in a queue

A different kind of Bingo! The game features 40 number tiles, 1-10 and 20-30 once each, 11-19 twice each, and one joker tile.  Each player gets a worksheet; it shows a Z-shaped queue or snake of 20 empty cases, 6 horizontal ones top and bottom and 10 vertical ones (sharing 1 on top and bottom with the horizontal rows of the Z).

In turn, you draw a tile from the bag. All players enter the number or the joker symbol into an empty case in the queue. Then, the tile is set aside face-down. When all 20 cases of the queue are filled, you score for continuous rows of numbers from left to right and top to bottom; a valid number to continue a row must have the same value or a higher value than the previous number in the row/queue. The more numbers are in such a queue within the queue, the more points the queue scores. The joker replaces any number of your choice, but only in the case where you entered the joker symbol when the joker tile was drawn. A single number do not score.

In the variant Schlingo-Bingo-Schlangen-Schluckauf you play in the same way; there is, however, a reduced score for some queue lengths, that is, queues of 6, 12 or 17 numbers.

The connection to Bingo probably comes from drawing the numbers, otherwise Schlingo Bingo utilizes standard numbers-drawn-and-entered-into-cases mechanisms. A certain amount of tactic is possible - 18 is in the bag twice, so it can come - should I leave room for it? The version with penalties for certain queue lengths is cute; and of course, as in all those games, if you copy your neighbor you will only achieve a tie! Nice, entertaining filler game.

Players: 1-200

Age: 7+

Time: 10+

Designer: Yoshihisa Itsubaki

Artist: Fiore GmbH

Price: ca. 18 Euro

Publisher: Huch! 2019

Web: www.hutter-trade.com

Genre: Number placement

Users: For families

Special: 1 player

Special: Many players

Version: multi

Rules: de en + cn es fr jp kr

In-game text: no

Comments:

Nice combination of standard mechanisms

Some tactic is possible

Good filler game

Compares to:

Bingo, games with requirements for number placing

Other editions:

Blue Orange (en), Broadway Toys (cn), Mercurio (es), Moonster (en fr kr), Sugorokuya (jp)

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0