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Ubongo

Das Würfelspiel

Ubongo, the classic board game of the filling areas genre, has now also been published in a variant using dice:

Each player is given a sheet from the pad - the sheet shows six numbered areas which are played in sequence. Four white and four black dice show the different combinations of squares that can be made up from between one and five squares.

Someone rolls a total of one black and one white die for each player and then each player grabs one white and one black die - you do not choose in turn, but all grab for dice at the same time. When all players have taken one black and one white die, you may, but need not, mark the shape on the dice that you have taken on your sheet.

If you have completely filled the current area you score points in order of finishing - the first one to finish scores as many points as there are players; if you finish in later rounds you score one point less per position to finish; 3 points if you are second to finish with four players; when two players fill their area in the same round, both score the current number of points. If you have filled the area and noted the score you do not take dice anymore, but still all dice remain in play. While at least two players are in play, you continue with the current area. If only one player is left, he scores one consolation point and all begin a new round with the next area. When all six areas have been played, you win with the highest total score.

Fast, simple and reduced to the essential element of Ubongo - filling areas, but now also needing quick reactions and good spatial thinking versus the chance of rolling dice.

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Grzegorz Rejchtman

Artist: Nicolas Neubauer, Karl-Otto Homes

Price: ca. 10 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2013

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Dice, area filling

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Nicely packed in a cubic box

Simple rules

Ideal for travelling

Felicitous, good version of the board game

Compares to:

Ubongo for topic and basic mechanism, all other dice games based on board and card games

Other editions:

Currently none

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