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8Bit Box

Video games on a board

An homage to the good old video games that were played on special units, re-implemented in three board games. You have a control unit, featuring three wheels which you use to set - depending on the demands of the individual games - direction, symbol and/or value.

Outspeed is a galactic race, in each of 13 rounds you select the route for your ship for the next lap on your control unit and will succeed with cleverly managed tank fills and clever steering. A round comprises bonus, programming, resolving and revealing; you win if you are last in play or are furthest ahead when the finish line tile is revealed.

Pixoid reminds one of PacMan; a little energy cube flees bugs in the labyrinth, in each round one player is Pixoid, the others are bugs, who are not allowed to communicate. You program direction and number of steps, then come movement and scoring - if Pixoid was not caught, he takes a neutral cube. If he takes the 12th cube or is caught, the round ends and is scored.

Stadion is a sports simulation; you must participate in ten challenges - standard, rest option and final challenges - and decide with your control unit how much energy you spend on the current challenge. Challenges can yield one medal or three medals, and you need to confer with your team members to have most medals at the end of ten challenges.

Time travel on a game board - the box is successfully and very prettily imitating an ancient game unit, the games are fun and clever re-implementations of old friends like PacMan - all mechanisms are eminently suitable and easy to play, the retro design is amazing and the fun is huge!

Players: 2-6

Age: 6+

Time: 40+

Designer: Frank Crittin, Grégoire Largey

Artist: Jean-Baptiste Reynaud

Price: ca. 35 Euro

Publisher: Iello / Hutter Trade 2018

Web: www.hutter-trade.com

Genre: Retro game collection

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en es fr it pl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Fantastic retro design

Stadion only works with two, four or six players

Simple, lots of interaction and some chance

Additional games announced

Compares to:

All games with pre-programmed turns

Other editions:

Devir (es), Iello (en fr), Mancalamaro (it), 2 Pionki (pl)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0